Shai Bachar (שי בכר; also "Shay"; born October 27, 1969) is an Israeli Olympic competitive sailor.

Sailing career

Bachar competed for

Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics Israel competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 30 competitors, 25 men and 5 women, took part in 42 events in 10 sports. Israel won its first ever Olympic medals at these Games. The first medallist in Israel's history was Yael Ar ...

in Olympic Port,

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, at the age of 22 in Sailing--Men's Two Person Dinghy (470 event) with partner Erez Shemesh. They finished in 9th place out of 37 competitors. In 1993 at the

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 Championship ...

, Bachar and Shemesh won the

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 ...

. Bachar and a different partner also won the bronze medal at the 1993 European Championships. In 1995, Bachar and Shemesh finished in 17th place at the 470 World Championships.

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* Living people Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – 470 Israeli male sailors (sport) 1969 births Olympic sailors for Israel Jewish Israeli sportspeople {{Israel-yachtracing-bio-stub