Eran Sela ( he, ערן סלע) (born March 10, 1985) is an Israeli Olympic sailor, sailing in the

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discipline. His current partner is

Gideon Kliger Gideon "Gidi" Kliger (born March 30, 1980) is an Israeli Olympic sailor, who is a three-time bronze medallist at the sailing world championships. Biography Kliger was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. He started sailing and competing when he was 8 year ...

Early life

Sela was born in Hadera and resides in the kibbutz Sdot Yam.Eran Sela
at ''Israel21c'' His father works at sea-craft maintenance and gives oceanic services, while his mother works at Caeserstone. He has two siblings, Roi, who works on a project relating to ships and Ofri, who worked as a skipper assistant. In the army, he served at the Flotilla base in Atlit as an "exceptional sportsman".

Career

Sela is a member of the Sdot Yam Yacht Club, where he began sailing when he was 14 on a 420 dinghy and then switched to a 470 dinghy. In the European Junior Championship in Hungary in 2004, he won a bronze medal. He was twice the Israeli national champion, and three times the runner-up. His first partner was Aviv Ben-Hurin, and afterwards Yogev Yosef, both of them from Sdot Yam. In 2009, he competed with Yosef for a ticket to the

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against

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 ...

and

but placed low. He quit sailing following financing problems, and coached for 1.5 years. Gal and Kliger broke up their partnership after Gal retired from sailing, and Kliger joined Sela. After a month of training, the duo finished third place in the Rolex Cup in Miami. In March 2010, they placed first in the Israeli Championships, and won a silver medal in the same year 470 European Championships in Istanbul. In 2011, they won a bronze medal in the 470 European Championships in Helsinki. Afterwards, they won a bronze medal in the Olympic Test Event at Weymouth, which gave them the Israeli Olympic criteria. In the

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, held in Perth, they finished 4th place and qualified for the

. In 2012 they won a silver medal at the ISAF Sailing World Cup in

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. From then they have been in a decline, only reaching 8th place at the 2012

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and 15th place at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sela, Eran 1985 births Living people Israeli Jews Israeli male sailors (sport) Jewish sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Israel Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 470 People from Hadera Sportspeople from Haifa District

Early life

Career

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