Maayan Davidovich
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| Birth name | מעין דוידוביץ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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May 21, 1988 Herzliya, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5' 6" (167 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 128 lb (58 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Israel | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sailing | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Windsurfing | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hapoel Tel Aviv | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Gal Friedman | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Maayan Davidovich (Hebrew: מעין דוידוביץ'; born May 21, 1988) is an Israeli Olympic windsurfer.[1]
Biography
Davidovich is Jewish, and her hometown is Herzliya, Israel.[2][3] She competes with the club Hapoel Tel Aviv.[1]
She started sailing at the age of five, and surfing at 13. Her parents enjoy watersports, and her brothers and twin sister were all windsurfing champions.[4] She made her international competitive debut in the 1999 Optimist European Championships, in Greece.[3]
In July 2005, she came in fourth in the Mistral – Women 35th Volvo Youth Sailing International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World Championship, in Busan, Korea.[3] In July 2006, she won a silver medal at the RS:X – Women Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship, in Weymouth, Great Britain.[3][5][6] In 2007, she finished 15th in the European Championships.[7]
She competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics at the age of 19 in Beijing, China, in the women's sailboard windsurfing event, and came in 10th.[1][7]
In June 2009, she came in seventh in the RS:X – Women European Championship, in Tel Aviv, Israel.[3][8] In May 2011, she came in fourth in the RS:X – Women Delta Lloyd Regatta, in Medemblik, The Netherlands.[3]
In both 2013 (when she was ranked 10th in the world in December) and 2014 (when she was ranked 14th in the world), she was the ISAF Worlds RS:X bronze medalist.[9][10][11][12][13]
She represented Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics, coming in 7th place in the RS:X.[14]
References
- 1 2 3 "Maayan Davidovich Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- ↑ "Jews in the Olympics: 63 Athletes, 7 Countries". Jewishinstlouis.org. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Maayan Davidovich". Sailing.org. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- ↑ "The Breakfast Clun". Haaretz. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ↑ Luissa Smith (August 24, 2006). "China. Olympic Test Event: French team dominates in three events in Qingdao". bymnews.com. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- ↑ Myrrh Walker & Sophie Luther (July 21, 2006). "UK. Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World: Italy takes Volvo Trophy; Laura Linares RS:X fleet gold". bymnews.com. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- 1 2 "Israel at the Olympics". The Israel Project. 2009. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- ↑ Rami Hipsh (June 20, 2009). "Israel's Shahar Zubari wins European windsurfing championship". Haaretz. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- ↑ "Olympic sailors to compete for prize purse of US$200,000". Scuttlebutt Sailing News.
- ↑ "Gap narrowing between ISAF Sailor rankings and reality". Scuttlebutt Sailing News.
- ↑ "Israeli windsurfer takes gold in World Cup event". The Times of Israel.
- ↑ "Windsurfer claims third world championship". The Australian Jewish News.
- ↑ "ISAF – World Sailing – Sailor Biography". sailing.org.
- ↑