Nike Kornecki (; born August 18, 1982) is an Israeli Olympic sailor, and competes in the
470 Class
The 470 (Four-Seventy) is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting. Equipped with a spinnaker, trapeze and a large sail-area-to-weight ratio, it is designed to plane easily, and good teamwork i ...
double-handed
monohull
right
A monohull is a type of boat having only one hull, unlike multihulled boats which can have two or more individual hulls connected to one another.
Fundamental concept
Among the earliest hulls were simple logs, but these were generally unstab ...
planing dinghy
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with a
centerboard
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,
Bermuda rig
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, and center sheeting.
In 2004, she won a bronze medal in the world championships in the 470.
Biography
Kornecki is Jewish, and was born in Italy.
Sailing career
In 2000, she partnered with
Vered Buskila, and in 2001 they won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Ireland.
In 2004, they won bronze medals in both the European Championship in Germany and the
470 World Championship
The 470 (Four-Seventy) is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting. Equipped with a spinnaker, trapeze and a large sail-area-to-weight ratio, it is designed to plane easily, and good teamwork is ...
in
Zadar
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, Croatia.
They competed on behalf of
Israel at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Israel competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. It was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The Olympic Committee of Israel sent 36 athletes to the Games, 20 men and 16 women, to c ...
in
Athens
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, Greece, in the
Women's 470 Class Two-Person Dinghy, and came in 18th.
They won a silver medal in the 2005 European Championship.
They competed on behalf of
Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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, China, in the
Women's 470 Class Two-Person Dinghy, and came in fourth.
See also
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List of European Championships medalists in sailing
References
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1982 births
Living people
Israeli female sailors (sport)
Italian female sailors (sport)
Olympic sailors for Israel
Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – 470
Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 470
Jewish sailors (sport)
Jewish Israeli sportspeople
21st-century Italian Jews
21st-century Italian sportswomen
21st-century Israeli sportswomen