Malka Potashnik

Malka Halfon-Potashnik (born 1949) is an Israeli Paralympic champion. She won four gold, four silver, and one bronze medal.[11]

Malka Halfon-Potashnik
Sport
Country Israel
SportWheelchair basketball
Paralympic athletics
Paralympic swimming
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 4 5 1
Representing  Israel
Paralympic Games
Paralympic athletics
Gold medal – first place1968 Tel AvivClub throw special class[1]
Gold medal – first place1968 Tel AvivJavelin special class[2]
Gold medal – first place1972 HeidelbergShot put 5[3]
Silver medal – second place1968 Tel AvivDiscus throw special class[4]
Silver medal – second place1968 Tel AvivShot put special class[5]
Silver medal – second place1972 HeidelbergJavelin throw 5[6]
Bronze medal – third place1972 HeidelbergDiscus throw 5[7]
Paralympic swimming
Silver medal – second place1968 Tel Aviv50m breaststroke special class[8]
Silver medal – second place 1968 Tel Aviv Medley relay[9]
Wheelchair basketball
Gold medal – first place1968 Tel AvivWomen's tournament[10]

Life

Potashnik was born into the Halfon family and experiences paralysis in her right leg. She began training at a sports center for people with disabilities, and in 1967, she participated in the Stoke Mandeville Games where she won both gold and silver medals.

At the 1968 Summer Paralympics, in Tel Aviv, she won gold medals in Wheelchair Basketball, Women's Club Throw Special class, and Women's Javelin Special class. She won silver medals in Women's Shot Put Special class, Women's 50 meters Breaststroke Special class, Women's swimming medley relay, and Women's Discus Throw Special class.

At the 1972 Summer Paralympics, in Heidelberg, she won a gold medal in Women's Shot Put 5, silver medal in Women's Javelin 5, and bronze medal in Women's Discus Throw 5.

At the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, she competed in Women's Discus Throw THS2,[12] and Women's Shot Put THS2.[13]

Family

In 1968, she married disabled athlete Zvi Potchnik. During the late 1960s, while at the height of her athletic career, she worked as a female operator at the Office Mechanization Center (MLA) of the Ministry of Finance.

References
  1. "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-club-throw-special-class". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  2. "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-javelin-special-class". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  3. "Heidelberg 1972 - athletics - womens-shot-put-5". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  4. "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-discus-throw-special-class". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  5. "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-shot-put-special-class". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  6. "Heidelberg 1972 - athletics - womens-javelin-5". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  7. "Heidelberg 1972 - athletics - womens-discus-throw-5". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  8. "Tel Aviv 1968 - swimming - womens-50-m-breaststroke-special-class". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  9. תוצאות שחייני נבחרות ישראל באולימפיאדות 2000-1960, במים כולם שווים: סיפורה של מרגלית - סיפור שחיית הנכים בישראל, ע' 114 (in Hebrew)
  10. "Tel Aviv 1968 - wheelchair-basketball - womens-tournament". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  11. "Malka Halfon-Potashnik - Athletics, Swimming, Wheelchair Basketball | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  12. "Barcelona 1992 - athletics - womens-discus-throw-ths2". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  13. "Barcelona 1992 - athletics - womens-shot-put-ths2". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-10.


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