Eitan Friedlander

Eitan Friedlander
Personal information
Native nameאיתן פרידלנדר
Nationality Israel
Born (1958-09-21) September 21, 1958 (age 66)
Kibbutz Rosh Hanikra, Israel
Height6 ft 1.5 in (186.7 cm)
Weight161 lb (73 kg)
Sailing career
Classes
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Israel
420 International Yacht Racing Union Youth Sailing World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1972 West Germany 420
Bronze medal – third place 1974 420
420 World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1980 Quiberon, France 420
420 European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1976 Ireland 420
470 World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Weymouth 470
470 European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Austria 470
Silver medal – second place 1978 Portugal 470
Gold medal – first place 1979 Spain 470
Silver medal – second place 1982 Hungary 470

Eitan Friedlander (also "Fridlander"; איתן פרידלנדר; born September 21, 1958) is an Israeli former Olympic sailor.[1] Friedlander and Shimshon Brokman won the 1972 420 International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU) Youth Sailing World Championship in West Germany, the gold medals in the 1979 470 European Championships in Spain and the 1980 420 World Championship in France, and a bronze medal in 1983 at the 470 World Championships.

He was born in Kibbutz Rosh Hanikra, Israel, and is Jewish.[2]

Sailing career

In 1972, Friedlander and Shimshon Brokman won the 420 International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU) Youth Sailing World Championship in West Germany.[3][4] In 1974 they won the bronze medal in the same event.[5] Friedlander and Brokman won the 1976 European 420 Championship in Ireland.[6]

The two of them then won the bronze medal in the 1977 470 European Championships in Austria, the silver medal in the 1978 European 470 Championship in Portugal, the gold medal in the 1979 European 470 Championship in Spain, and the silver medal in the 1982 European 470 Championship in Hungary.[7]

In the 1980 420 World Championships in Quiberon, France, Brokman and Eitan Friedlander won the gold medal.[8] In the 1980 470 World Championships, they came in 5th.[9]

Friedlander and Brokman were set to compete in the 470 sailing event at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, but did not because Israel joined in the US-led boycott of the Olympics prompted by the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan.[10]

Friedlander competed for Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 26 in Sailing.[1] In the Men's 470 Mixed Two Person Dinghy, he and Brokman came in 8th out of 28 teams.[11][12] When he competed in the Olympics he was 6–1.5 (187 cm) tall and weighed 161 lbs (73 kg).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Eitan Fridlander Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. ^ "Friedlander, Eitan". Archived from the original on 2010-12-05. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  3. ^ "Special to the JTA Israel Sets Sail for Olympic Gold". jta.org. 31 July 1984.
  4. ^ "Results - 2nd IYRU Youth Sailing World Championships". isafyouthworlds.com.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Medal Tally". isafyouthworlds.org.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "News Brief". jta.org. 19 August 1976.
  7. ^ "Sports 123: Sailing: European Championships: Men: 470". 11 December 2007. Archived from the original on 11 December 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ Past 420 World, European and Junior European Champions - 420 Sailing
  9. ^ "Yachting". May 1980.
  10. ^ "Brockman, Shimshon"
  11. ^ "Sailing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Mixed Two Person Dinghy". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  12. ^ "Nautical Sports - Shimshon Brokman (Israel)". the-sports.org.