Shimshon Brokman (also "Brockman"; he, שמשון ברוקמן; born 16 September 1957) is an Israeli former Olympic sailor. Brokman and Eitan Friedlander won the 1972

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International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU) Youth Sailing World Championship in West Germany, 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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Early and personal life

He was born in Kibbutz Rosh Hanikra, Israel, and is Jewish."CURRICULUM VITAE"
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/ref> Brokman's father represented Israel in two world championship sailing competitions. Brokman lived in Haifa, Israel. Brokman graduated from the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa, Israel, in 1975, received his B.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa in 1983, his M.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering from Technion in 1987, and an Executive MBA from Tel Aviv University in 2006. In 1984 he noted:

"You don’t have to be an aeronautical engineer to be a good sailor, but it helps me understand the dynamics of the sailing. For example, when the boat is moving the physics on the surface of the boat has to be re-defined again and again. I find that much of what I learned at the Technion can, in some way, be applied to sailing and has helped me make ewermistakes."

He is married, with three children.

Sailing career

In 1972, Brokman and Eitan Friedlander won the

International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU) Youth Sailing World Championship in West Germany. In 1974 they won the

in the same event. Brokman and Eitan Friedlander 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

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

, they came in 5th. Brockman and Friedlander 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. In 1983, they won a bronze medal at the 470 World Championships in Weymouth, England. Brokman competed for Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 26 in Sailing. In the Men's 470 Mixed Two Person Dinghy, he and Eitan Friedlander came in 8th out of 28 teams. When he competed in the Olympics he was 5-6 (168 cm) tall, and weighed 154 lbs (70 kg). Shimshon Brokman 84 olympic games LA

At the 1991 470 European Championship in Norway, he and Guy Brockman came in 30th."470 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (for men and mixed crews)"
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Career after sailing

He has worked for Israel Electric Corporation since 1988, from 2006 as Head of the Fuel Management Department.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brokman, Shimshon 1957 births Living people Jewish sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – 470 Olympic sailors of Israel Israeli male sailors (sport) Jewish Israeli sportspeople Technion – Israel Institute of Technology alumni Sportspeople from Tel Aviv People from Rosh HaNikra