Israeli sailor
Shani Kedmi (שני קדמי; born July 20, 1977) is an Israeli former Olympic competitive sailor.[ 1]
Early and personal life
She was born in Tel Aviv , Israel, and is Jewish.[ 1] [ 2] Eli Zuckerman , who competed for Israel in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and came in 13th in the Men's Two Person Dinghy in a model 470 sailboat with Eldad Ronen , is Gal Zuckerman , who competed for Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Women's Formula Kite in Marseille , France, and came in eighth.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Sailing career
Kedmi began competing in sailing at the age of 15.[ 2] Hapoel Tel Aviv .[ 1] [ 1]
She and Anat Fabrikant placed 8th at the 1995 European Championships in the 470 competition.[ 2]
Kedmi represented Israel at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, at the age of 19 in Sailing—Women's Two Person Dinghy 470 event with Fabrikant, and came in 12th.[ 1] [ 2]
In 1999, Kedmi and Fabrikant won a silver medal at the Holland Regatta , won a bronze medal representing Israel at the 1999 Summer Universiade , placed 4th at both the European and World Championships, and were ranked No. 2 in the world.[ 2] [ 6] [ 2]
Kedmi represented Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia , at the age of 23 in Sailing—Women's Two Person Dinghy 470 event with Fabrikant, and came in 4th, two points behind the bronze medal -winning team from Ukraine.[ 1] [ 2] [ 7]
References
^ a b c d e f "Shani Kedmi Bio, Stats, and Results" . Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.^ a b c d e f g "</head> <body> </body> </HTML> <head> Kedmi, Shani: Jews in Sports @ Virtual Museum" . Archived from the original on 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2016-08-22 .^ "I float above the water": Gal Zuckerman is Israel's Olympic hope in the Kate Foyle model," Davar .^ "At his request: Eli Zuckerman will not deal with the Kate Foyle model," Ynet .^ "Want two Olympic medals, that's our goal"; The Professional Director of the Sailing Association, Eli Zuckerman, before the World Championship: "Israeli windsurfers are the best in the world." The success of his daughter, the coaches, Spichkov and the goals," One .^ SailRacer. "Shani KEDMI Results for sailing events and championships" . ^ Grasso, John; Mallon, Bill; Heijmans, Jeroen (2015). Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement ISBN 9781442248601
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