Katy Spychakov ( he, קטי ספיצ'קוב; born 6 August 1999) is an Israeli

windsurfer Windsurfing is a wind propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. It is also referred to as "sailboarding" and "boardsailing", and emerged in the late 1960s from the aerospace and surf culture of California. Windsurfing ga ...

. Spychakov won the 2015 Female Under 17 Techno 293 World Championships, the 2016 RS:X Class Youth Female World Championships, and the 2019 U21 Women's RS:X World Championships. She won a

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in the Women's 2019 RS:X World Championships.

Early life

Spychakov was born in

Eilat Eilat ( , ; he, אֵילַת ; ar, إِيلَات, Īlāt) is Israel's southernmost city, with a population of , a busy port and popular resort at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on what is known in Israel as the Gulf of Eilat and in Jordan ...

, Israel, to immigrant parents from

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. She has three siblings. She served as a soldier in the

Israeli Navy The Israeli Navy ( he, חיל הים הישראלי, ''Ḥeil HaYam HaYisraeli'' (English: The Israeli Sea Corps); ar, البحرية الإسرائيلية) is the naval warfare service arm of the Israel Defense Forces, operating primarily in ...

at the Atlit naval base. She began windsurfing when she was 10 years old, and racing when she was 13 years old. Spychakov is a member of the Hapoel Eilat Sailing Club.

Career

Spychakov won the

in the 2013 Female Under 15

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World Championships, the silver medal in the 2014 Female Under 17 Techno 293 World Championships, and the

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in the 2015 Female Under 17 Techno 293 World Championships. She won the 2016 RS:X Class Youth Female World Championships in

Limassol Limassol (; el, Λεμεσός, Lemesós ; tr, Limasol or ) is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus and capital of the district with the same name. Limassol is the second largest urban area in Cyprus after Nicosia, with an urban population ...

, Cyprus. In August 2019 Spychakov won a

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ...

in the RS:X Women’s competition at Ready Steady Tokyo – Sailing on the island of

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, Japan. In September 2019 she won a silver medal in the Women's 2019 RS:X World Championships, and was an U21 winner in the Women's 2019 RS:X World Championships at

Lake Garda Lake Garda ( it, Lago di Garda or ; lmo, label=Eastern Lombard, Lach de Garda; vec, Ƚago de Garda; la, Benacus; grc, Βήνακος) is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location in northern Italy, about halfway between ...

in Italy. It was Israel's first world championship medal since windsurfer

Maayan Davidovich Maayan Davidovich ( he, מעין דוידוביץ'; born May 21, 1988) is an Israeli Olympic windsurfer. Biography Davidovich is Jewish, and her hometown is Herzliya, Israel. She competes with the club Hapoel Tel Aviv. She started sailing at th ...

's bronze medal at the RS:X World Championships in 2014. She competed in the

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in the Women's RS:X event.

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Spychakov, Katy 1999 births Living people Israeli female sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of Israel Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – RS:X Israeli windsurfers Female windsurfers Israeli Navy personnel Israeli people of Ukrainian descent Israeli people of Soviet descent People from Eilat