Eitan Friedlander (also "Fridlander"; איתן פרידלנדר; born September 21, 1958) is an Israeli former Olympic sailor. Friedlander and Shimshon Brokman won the 1972 420

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(IYRU) Youth Sailing World Championship in

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, the

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s in the 1979 470 European Championships in Spain and the 1980 420 World Championship in France, and a

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in 1983 at the

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. He was born in

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Rosh Hanikra, Israel, and is Jewish.

Sailing career

In 1972, Friedlander and Shimshon Brokman won the 420

(IYRU) Youth Sailing World Championship in

. In 1974 they won the

in the same event. Friedlander and Brokman won the 1976 European 420 Championship in Ireland. The two of them then won the bronze medal in the 1977 470 European Championships in Austria, the

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in the 1978 European 470 Championship in Portugal, the

in the 1979 European 470 Championship in Spain, and the silver medal in the 1982 European 470 Championship in Hungary. In the 1980 420 World Championships in

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, France, Brokman and Eitan Friedlander won the gold medal. In the 1980

, they came in 5th. Friedlander and Brokman were set to compete in the 470 sailing event at the

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, but did not because Israel joined in the US-led boycott of the Olympics prompted by the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan."Brockman, Shimshon"
/ref> Friedlander competed for

Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics Israel competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. 32 competitors, 24 men and 8 ...

in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 26 in Sailing. In the Men's 470 Mixed Two Person Dinghy, he and Brokman came in 8th out of 28 teams. When he competed in the Olympics he was 6-1.5 (187 cm) tall and weighed 161 lbs (73 kg).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Friedlander, Eitan 1958 births Living people Jewish sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – 470 Olympic sailors of Israel Israeli male sailors (sport) Jewish Israeli sportspeople People from Rosh HaNikra