Nufar Edelman (born August 19, 1982) is an Israeli Olympic sailor.
She competes in the
Laser Radial
The Laser Radial or ILCA 6 is a popular one-design class of small sailing dinghy, originally built by Laser Performance. It is a singlehanded boat, meaning that it is sailed by one person. The Laser Radial is a variant of the Laser standard, ...
, a class of small singlehanded
sailing dinghy
Dinghy sailing is the activity of sailing small boats by using five essential controls:
* the sails
* the foils (i.e. the daggerboard or centreboard and rudder and sometimes lifting foils as found on the Moth)
* the trim (forward/rear angle o ...
.
Biography
Edelman is Jewish and was born in
Rosh HaNikra, Israel.
She finished 4th in the 2004 Laser Radial World Championships.
Edelman finished 7th out of 97 competitors in the 2007 Laser Radial World Championships in
Cascais, Portugal, becoming the first Israeli woman to meet the criteria for the Olympics in the Laser Radial.
She competed on behalf of
Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Israel competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. This was Israel's fourteenth participation in the Summer Olympics.
Israel sent 43 athletes to compete in Beijing, the largest Israeli delegation in Olympic history, with the previous ...
in
Beijing
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, China, in the
Women's Laser Radial One-Person Dinghy, and came in 16th.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed in the same class finishing in 30th place.
References
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1982 births
Living people
Israeli sailors (sport)
Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial
Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial
Olympic sailors for Israel
Israeli female sailors (sport)
Jewish sailors (sport)
Israeli Jews
People from Rosh HaNikra