Eli Zuckerman (; also "Zukerman"; born February 8, 1973) is an Israeli competitive sailor.

Early and personal life

He was born in

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, Israel, and is Jewish. When Zuckerman competed in the Olympics he was tall, and weighed . His daughter with his wife Shani Kedmi, who represented Israel at both the

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(coming in 12th) and the

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(coming in 4th) in Women's Two Person Dinghy with Anat Fabrikant, is Gal Zuckerman, who competed for Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Women's Formula Kite in

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, France, and came in eighth.

Sailing career

In 1991, he came in 4th in the

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, Scotland. In 1999 Zuckerman and Eldad Ronen came in 9th in the Men's / Mixed 470 World Championship, in

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, Australia."Zuckerman, Eli"
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in the

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- Men XXIV International 470 Spring Cup in Narbonne-Plage, France. In 2000 he came in 4th in the 470 - Men

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, in Kiel, Germany. That year he won the bronze medal in the 470 - Men XXV International 470 Spring Cup in Les Sablettes, La Seyne sur Mer, France. Zuckerman, at the age of 27, and Eldad Ronen competed for Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Rushcutters Bay Marina,

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, Australia, in Sailing--Men's 470 Two-Person Dinghy. They came in 13th out of 29 boats.

Coaching career

In 2009, Zuckerman coached Israeli sailors Yoav Levi and Dan Froyliche, who won the silver medal at the 420 Junior Europeans in

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, Hungary. In 2012, he was the manager of the

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Sailing School –

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Sailing Club. He is the Chairman of the Professional Committee of the Israel Sailing Association.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zuckerman, Eli Jewish sailors (sport) Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – 470 Jewish Israeli sportspeople Living people Olympic sailors for Israel 1973 births Israeli male sailors (sport) 20th-century Israeli Jews 21st-century Israeli Jews