Inna Mashkovski
Secretary and adaptive sport lead
Inna represented Israel in wheelchair sport before helping to establish Tsameret Hashivyon. As secretary and a member of the board, she brings her experience as a player to the association’s adaptive sport programme.
Para Badminton World Championships · Bangkok, 2007
When Inna represented Israel at the World Championships in Thailand, she had been playing badminton for just a year and a half. An Ashdod newspaper reported her three medals in the BMW3 wheelchair class under the headline “Pride of Ashdod”.
Gold in mixed doubles with Amir Levi of Israel.
Silver in women’s doubles with Peggy Weijers of the Netherlands.
Bronze in women’s singles.
Israeli para badminton championships · Jerusalem
In Jerusalem, Inna won the Israeli women’s wheelchair badminton title. The local paper covering the championship named her as one of four athletes representing Kidum, the Ashdod sports association.
European competition
The association’s sporting record also lists a European wheelchair badminton title and podium finishes in France, Germany and Spain.
Wheelchair tennis · 2013–2015
In 2013, Inna also became the Israeli women’s wheelchair tennis champion. At the national championships in Ra’anana, she beat Veronica Zvik in straight sets.
That year, Inna and Zvik were both in Israel’s squad for the World Team Cup qualifiers in Antalya. In 2015, Inna and South Africa’s Mariska Venter reached the doubles semifinals in Ramat HaSharon.
In the Ashdod press
On 1 May 2008, an Ashdod weekly featured Inna wearing her medals on the cover of issue 223. In the interview, she recalled standing on the podium, seeing Israeli flags and hearing the national anthem.