Anat Fabrikant-Kreiz (; born September 14, 1975) is an Israeli former Olympic competitive sailor.

Personal life

She was born in

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, Israel, and is Jewish. She is married to

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, CEO of Mattel.

Sailing career

She began competing in sailing at the age of 12. Her club was

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. When she participated in the Olympics she was tall, and weighed . She and Shani Kedmi placed 8th at the 1995 European Championships in the

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competition. She represented

Israel at the 1996 Summer Olympics Israel competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, Atlanta, United States. 25 competitors, 18 men and 7 women, took part in 26 events in 10 sports. Gal Fridman won a bronze medal in Sailing, the only medal won by an Israeli at thes ...

in Atlanta, Georgia, at the age of 20 in Sailing—Women's Two Person Dinghy 470 event with Kedmi, and came in 12th. In 1999, she and Kedmi won a bronze medal representing Israel at the 1999 Summer Universiade, placed 4th at both the European and World Championships, and were ranked No. 2 in the world. In 2000 they finished 6th at the 2000 European Championships. She represented

Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics Israel competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 39 competitors, 29 men and 10 women, took part in 43 events in 9 sports. The delegation of 39 athletes was the biggest at the time, and third-biggest in history, after 2008 with 4 ...

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, at the age of 24 in Sailing—Women's Two Person Dinghy 470 event with Kedmi, and came in 4th, two points behind the

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-winning team from Ukraine. In 2002, she and Linur Kliger finished 2nd in the European 470 Dinghy Championship in

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, Spain, and 20th at the World Championships. As of October 1, 2002, the two were ranked No. 8 in the world. She retired from competitive sailing in 2003. She at the time was studying for a master's degree, and presenting a TV program on Sport TV.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fabrikant, Anat 1975 births Living people Israeli female sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Israel Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – 470 Jewish Israeli sportspeople Jewish sailors (sport) Sportspeople from Tel Aviv