Lydia Lazarov
Lazarov in 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Native name | לידיה לזרוב | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Israeli | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 January 1946 Sofia, Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sailing | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | 420 | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Zvulun Sailing Club, Bat Yam, Israel | |||||||||||||||||
| Retired | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
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| World finals | (1969, 1970) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lydia Lazarov (Hebrew: לידיה לזרוב; born 16 January 1946) is an Israeli former sailing world champion.[1][2]
Biography
Lazarov is Jewish, and was born in Sofia, Bulgaria.[1][3]
Sailing career
Lazarov and Zefania Carmel were teammates in the Zevulun Sailing Club in Bat Yam, Israel.[1][4] They won the 1966 Israeli 420-class national championship.[1][4]
Lazarov and Carmel also won the 1969 world title in the Team 420 Sailing Class, at Sandhamn, Sweden,[1][5][6] where other 64 boats from 16 countries competed.[7] They were the first world champions in any sport representing Israel.[1][5][8][9][10] Next year, at the World Championships held in Tel Aviv in 1970, Lazarov won the title of world champion in singles in the 420 class,[4] and finished in doubles (along with Zefania Carmel) in fifth place.[11][12]
Lazarov was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1992.[13]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f Joseph M. Siegman (1992). The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. ISBN 9781561710287. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ "No. 50 Zephania Carmel and Lydia Lazarov". The Jerusalem Post. 12 May 2008. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. ISBN 9780881259698. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ a b c סיפורי בת-ים: העיר ממנה הגיעו אלופי העולם הישראלים הראשונים. Ynet
- ^ a b Mitchell Geoffrey Bard, Moshe Schwartz (2005). One thousand one facts everyone should know about Israel. ISBN 9780742543584. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ "World Yachting Championship". Boeliem.com. 27 December 2008. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ לחיינו: 72 הרגעים הזכורים של הספורט הישראלי. One.co.il
- ^ Sea Sports in Israel Are Ahead of the Games. Haaretz
- ^ השייטים שהכניסו את המדינה לטירוף / עושה היסטוריה. Ynet
- ^ ישראל "מעצמת שיט"? לא להיסחף. Globes
- ^ הישגים בינלאומיים בדגם 420. Israeli Sailing Association
- ^ 1970 420 World Championship – Tel Aviv ISR
- ^ "Zephania Carmel and Lydia Lazarov". Jewishsports.net. Retrieved 17 August 2011.