Lee Korzits
Lee (Lee-El) Korzits ( he, לי (לִי-אֵל) קורזיץ; nicknamed Leeka; born 25 March 1984) is an Israeli Windsurfing, windsurfer who has won four Windsurfing World Championships titles (in List of World Championships medalists in sailing (windsurfer classes), 2003, 2011, 2012, and 2013). She competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004 Olympics, finishing 13th, and at the 2012 Olympics, finishing 6th. Early life Korzits was born in Hofit, Israel, to a Jewish family."Surfing almost killed her. Now Lee Korzits hopes it will bring gold,"
''The Times of Israel''. Her mother is a swimmer and her father is a lifeguard.
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Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea, and shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel also is bordered by the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively. Tel Aviv is the economic and technological center of the country, while its seat of government is in its proclaimed capital of Jerusalem, although Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem is unrecognized internationally. The land held by present-day Israel witnessed some of the earliest human occupations outside Africa and was among the earliest known sites of agriculture. It was inhabited by the Canaanites ...
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