Biography
Pascale BERCOVITCH
Pascale BERCOVITCH
ISRAEL CANOE ASSOCIATION ISRAEL CANOE ASSOCIATION
Female
21/08/1967
 
 
Athlete entered in:
 
 
SPORTING RELATIVES:   Her husband Oz Skop has coached the Israel national climbing team
OTHER SPORTS:   She finished eighth in rowing at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, and sixth in handcycling at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London
PLACE OF RESIDENCE:   Tel Aviv
OCCUPATION:   Motivational Speaker
LANGUAGES:   English, French, German, Hebrew, Spanish
WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?:   She transitioned from Para cycling to Para canoe following the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.
AMBITIONS :   To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo
OTHER INFORMATION:   Classification
KL2

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (forward.com, 12 Sep 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (forward.com, 12 Sep 2016)

Impairment Details
In 1984 she was running for a train to her school in Angers, France, when she slipped and fell underneath a train, resulting in both of her legs being amputated above the knee. (jpost.com, 02 May 2014; forward.com, 12 Sep 2016)

General
JOURNALISM CAREER
She took up swimming as part of her rehabilitation and was invited to join the Israeli national team with the aim of competing at the 1992 Paralympic Games in Barcelona. But without a full-time salary, she had to quit the team prior to the Games, and take up a profession. For nearly the next two decades she worked as a journalist and documentary maker, producing 'Three-Hundredths of a Second', an award-winning film on the 2000 Israeli Paralympic delegation. (jta.org, 12 May 2013; jpost.com, 02 May 2014)

AUTHOR
In 1999 she released a book titled 'Oline, le dauphin du miracle' [Oline, the miracle dolphin]. The book tells the true story of the bond between a dolphin and an Egyptian boy with a hearing impairment. (pascale.org.il, 2016)

REPRESENTING ISRAEL
Born in France, she learnt of her Jewish heritage at age 13 and volunteered for the Israel Defence Force when she finished her school studies. (haaretz.com, 11 Jul 2012)

2023 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CUP PARIS
Results
 
 
Start Time Event Participants Rank Results Available Information
Sep 25
15:05
 
Women's 200m KL2 SENIOR
Final A
ISR Pascale BERCOVITCH
3
00:01:06.059
Sep 26
15:51
 
Women's 500m KL2 SENIOR
Final A
ISR Pascale BERCOVITCH
2
00:02:36.753



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