Vered Bouskila (born 23 May 1983) is an Israeli Olympic sailor. She competes in the

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with a centerboard, Bermuda rig, and center sheeting. She won a world championship in the women's 420 at the age of 15, and a bronze medal in the world championships in the 470 six years later.

Biography

Buskila is Jewish and was born in

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, Israel. She studied

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and

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at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, in Israel.

Sailing career

She learned to sail with the Maccabi Zevelun Club in Bat Yam. She sails now for Hapoel Tel Aviv. In 1998, at the age of 15, she partnered with Limor Kliger, 16, and won the women's world 420 yachting championship in the Gulf of Corinth in Greece. They defeated 47 other teams, from 16 countries. In 2000, she partnered with Nike Kornecki, and in 2001 they won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Ireland. In 2004, they won bronze medals in both the European Championship in Germany and the 470 World Championship in

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, Croatia. Buskila competed on behalf of Israel at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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, Greece, in the Women's 470 Class Two-Person Dinghy with Kornecki, and came in 18th. They won a silver medal in the 2005 European Championship. She competed on behalf of

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, China, in the Women's 470 Class Two-Person Dinghy with Kornecki, and came in fourth. Buskila returned to sailing with a new partner, Gil Cohen, in 2010. On 24 December 2012 Vered Buskila announced her retirement, telling the First Channel TV News: "It would be very painful for me to see the opening ceremony of the next Olympic Games, in which I will not be taking part - but one must know when to stop". She disclosed that, having studied Law concurrently with her sailing activity, she intends to have a new career as a lawyer.

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"What, its over already?"
by Vered Buskila, ''IDC Herzliya Magazine'', 31 August 2008 {{DEFAULTSORT:Buskila, Vered 1983 births Living people Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 470 People from Bat Yam Olympic sailors of Israel Israeli female sailors (sport) Jewish sailors (sport) Israeli Jews Reichman University alumni Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent 420 class world champions World champions in sailing for Israel Survivor (Israeli TV series) contestants

Biography

Sailing career

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