Michal Escapa

Michal Escapa (Hebrew: מיכל אסקפה) is a former Israeli Paralympic champion.

[8][9] Escapa was born in France, immigrating to Israel as an orphan after the Second World War.

[10] The national champion in wheelchair table tennis, Escapa competed in the Stoke Mandeville Games and in all four Summer Paralympics from 1964 to 1976.

An accomplished table tennis player, she won a medal in each games: Gold in 1976, silver in 1968 and bronze in 1964 and 1972.

[11] Since at the dawn of the Paralympic Games there was no precision in reporting the results of the competitions, the Israeli athlete was indicated with the Italian nationality and without prename (and so she is mentioned in the International Paralympic Committee[12] of the Italian Paralympic Committee[13] web sites) for the reports of the Swimming at the 1964 Summer Paralympics where she won two bronze medals, simply reported as Escapa and not as Michal Escapa.