Eldad Amir (; born September 28, 1961) is an Israeli Olympic competitive sailor. He was born in

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, Israel, and is Jewish."Amir, Eldad"
Jews in Sports

Sailing career

When Amir competed in the Olympics he was tall, and weighed . Amir competed for

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with Yoel Sela, at the age of 22, in Los Angeles, California, in Sailing - Mixed Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy, and came in 8th. Amir competed for

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with Yoel Sela, at the age of 26, in

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, Korea, in Sailing - Mixed Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy, and came in 4th. They came very close to winning the first Olympic medal in Israeli history, missing one by 11.30 points. Their second race fell on

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, and Israeli officials forbade them from competing that day, so they had missed that race. Had they been able to compete in the second race, they would have certainly medaled. In 1990, Amir and Sela came in 5th in the World Championships. In 1991, they won the Italian Open and came in second in the France Open. At the

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, Amir carried the Israeli flag at opening ceremony. He competed with Yoel Sela, at the age of 30, in Sailing - Mixed Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy, and came in 20th.

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* Jewish sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Israel Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Israeli Jews People from Hadera Sportspeople from Haifa District Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Israeli male sailors (sport) 1961 births Living people Israeli male models 20th-century Israeli sportsmen {{Israel-yachtracing-bio-stub