Lydia Lazarov

Lydia Lazarov
Lazarov in 1969
Personal information
Native name
לידיה לזרוב
NationalityIsraeli
Born (1946-01-16) 16 January 1946
Sofia, Bulgaria
Sport
SportSailing
Event
420
ClubZvulun Sailing Club, Bat Yam, Israel
RetiredYes
Achievements and titles
World finalsGold medal – World (1969, 1970)
Medal record
420 class
Representing  Israel
420 World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1969 Sandhem Team 420
Gold medal – first place 1970 Tel Aviv Singles 420

Lydia Lazarov (Hebrew: לידיה לזרוב; born 16 January 1946) is an Israeli former sailing world champion.[1][2]

Lydia Lazarov and Zefania Carmel in 1969.

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

  1. ^ a b c d e f Joseph M. Siegman (1992). The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. ISBN 9781561710287. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. ISBN 9780881259698. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  4. ^ a b c סיפורי בת-ים: העיר ממנה הגיעו אלופי העולם הישראלים הראשונים. Ynet
  5. ^ a b Mitchell Geoffrey Bard, Moshe Schwartz (2005). One thousand one facts everyone should know about Israel. ISBN 9780742543584. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  6. ^ "World Yachting Championship". Boeliem.com. 27 December 2008. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  7. ^ לחיינו: 72 הרגעים הזכורים של הספורט הישראלי. One.co.il
  8. ^ Sea Sports in Israel Are Ahead of the Games. Haaretz
  9. ^ השייטים שהכניסו את המדינה לטירוף / עושה היסטוריה. Ynet
  10. ^ ישראל "מעצמת שיט"? לא להיסחף. Globes
  11. ^ הישגים בינלאומיים בדגם 420. Israeli Sailing Association
  12. ^ 1970 420 World Championship – Tel Aviv ISR
  13. ^ "Zephania Carmel and Lydia Lazarov". Jewishsports.net. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
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