Paulina Peled (born 20 April 1950) is an Israeli former professional

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player. She was known as Paulina Peisachov before marriage.

Biography

Born in

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, Peled moved to Israel at the age of 16. She competed at the

1969 Maccabiah Games At the 8th Maccabiah Games from July 29 to August 7, 1969, 1,450 athletes from 27 countries competed in 22 sports in Israel. The final gold medal count was the United States in first place (64), Israel second (48; though it won the greatest numbe ...

for Israel in women's singles. Peled studied in the United States in the early 1970s at

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, where she also played college tennis. Returning to Israel, she became the first Israeli woman to win Israel's International Tennis Championship for two decades when she claimed the title in 1974. At the

1974 Asian Games The 7th Asian Games ( fa, بازی‌های آسیایی ۱۹۷۴) were held from 1 to 16 September 1974 in Tehran, Imperial State of Iran. The Aryamehr Sports Complex was built for the Games. The Asian Games were hosted in the Middle East for th ...

in Tehran, she won a gold medal for Israel in the mixed doubles and a silver medal in the singles. Peled made the second round of

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on three occasions. This included 1974, when while in the country she won the Chichester Tennis Tournament with a final win over

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and she also won the

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that year. She joined the professional tour in 1975 and was a regular member of Israel's

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team for the remainder of the decade, appearing in a total of 14 ties.

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