Maayan Davidovich

Maayan Davidovich
Personal information
Birth name מעין דוידוביץ
Born (1988-05-21) May 21, 1988
Herzliya, Israel
Height 5' 6" (167 cm)
Weight 128 lb (58 kg)
Sport
Country Israel
Sport Sailing
Event(s) Windsurfing
Club Hapoel Tel Aviv
Coached by Gal Friedman
Medal record
Women's sailing
Representing  Israel
World Championships
2013 Buzios RS:X
2014 Santander RS:X
European Championships
2012 Portugal RS:X

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. 1 2 3 "Maayan Davidovich Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Jews in the Olympics: 63 Athletes, 7 Countries". Jewishinstlouis.org. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Maayan Davidovich". Sailing.org. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  4. ↑ "The Breakfast Clun". Haaretz. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Luissa Smith (August 24, 2006). "China. Olympic Test Event: French team dominates in three events in Qingdao". bymnews.com. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. 1 2 "Israel at the Olympics". The Israel Project. 2009. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  8. ↑ Rami Hipsh (June 20, 2009). "Israel's Shahar Zubari wins European windsurfing championship". Haaretz. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Olympic sailors to compete for prize purse of US$200,000". Scuttlebutt Sailing News.
  10. ↑ "Gap narrowing between ISAF Sailor rankings and reality". Scuttlebutt Sailing News.
  11. ↑ "Israeli windsurfer takes gold in World Cup event". The Times of Israel.
  12. ↑ "Windsurfer claims third world championship". The Australian Jewish News.
  13. ↑ "ISAF – World Sailing – Sailor Biography". sailing.org.
  14. ↑
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