Eyal Levin, sometimes written Eyal Levine ( he, אייל לוין; born August 27, 1986) is an Israeli Olympic sailor. He sails with

Dan Froyliche Dan Froyliche ( he, דן פרויליך; born November 18, 1992) is an Israeli Olympic sailor. He sails with Eyal Levin. Early life Froyliche was born and lives in Gan Hashomron, Israel, as small coastal town on the Mediterranean Sea between T ...

Early life

Levin's hometown, where he grew up, is

Haifa Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...

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 ...

Sailing career

Levin's sailing club is Sdot Yam Yacht Club, in Kibbutz

Sdot Yam Sdot Yam ( he, שְׂדוֹת יָם, ''lit.'' Sea Fields) is a kibbutz in the Haifa District of Israel. Located on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In it had a population of ...

, Israel. He is coached by

Udi Gal Udi Gal ( he, אודי גל; born June 11, 1979) is an Israeli Olympic sailor, who is a sailing world championship three-time bronze medalist. Biography Gal is Jewish, and was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. He started sailing at 8 years of age, and ...

. Levin started sailing and racing at the age of ten, and his first boat was an Optimist single-handed

dinghy A dinghy is a type of small boat, often carried or towed by a larger vessel for use as a tender. Utility dinghies are usually rowboats or have an outboard motor. Some are rigged for sailing but they differ from sailing dinghies, which ...

. The main class that he sails in is the

470 __NOTOC__ Year 470 ( CDLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Iordanes (or, less frequently, year 1223 ' ...

4.7-metres-long double-handed dinghy. Levin competed four times in the U21

470 World Championships The 470 World Championships have been held every year since 1970 and organised by the International 470 Class Association and recognized by the International Sailing Federation. When the Championship forms part of the ISAF Sailing World Championsh ...

, placing 6th (2003), 4th (2005), 1st (2006), and 4th (2007) with Yam Amir. Levin manned the helm, while Amir was the crew. In 2006, they placed 30th in the 470 European Championships, and in 2007 they placed 23rd. In 2008 they placed 8th in the Europeans, and 34th in the World Championships. In April 2009, they won the Spring Cup event in France. In 2015, Levin began to compete with

. They placed 9th at the 470 M World Cup in June 2015, 23rd in the European Championships, and 24th in the 2015 World Championships in Haifa, earning a place as part of Team

Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics Israel competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. It was the nation's sixteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics. The Olympic Committee of Israel confirmed a team of 47 athletes, 22 men and 25 wom ...

. In 2016, they placed 12th in the Princess Sofia Trophy Regatta, and 26th in the World Championships. They represented

in sailing in the Men's 470. They finished in 21st place.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Levin, Eyal 1986 births Living people Israeli male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 470 Olympic sailors of Israel Jewish Israeli sportspeople People from Haifa