Nina Pekerman (; born September 28, 1977) is an Israeli athlete who competes in

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and

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competitions. She was rated 25th in the second level of world championship in

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in 2003, ניר שועלי
הסיפור מאחורי אשת הברזל נינה פקרמן
nrg, January 28, 2010 was Israel's champion in Triathlon during the years 2004–07 and 2009 and was the champion of the

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in 2005, she got to the 10th place and to the 2nd place to her group age in the

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in June 2010. סמדר שיר, "טריאתלונינה", מוסף 7 ימים של ידיעות אחרונות, גיליון 2429, 13 באוגוסט 2010, עמ' 76. In July 2011 she finished 12th in Ironman Europe championship.

Biography

Pekerman was born in Chişinău,

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as a preterm baby. Her father, Michael, worked as a director of a transportation company and trained in

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. Her mother, Raissa, was an athlete and a draftsman in her profession, but worked in a different jobs to raise Nina and her big sister, who were both sick. In order to gain strength, Pekerman trained in sport since her childhood, from 10 till 13–14 years old she was in a swimming club, afterwards she moved to a sport

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. When she was 17 Nina Pekerman immigrated to Israel by herself with NAALE Program (in Hebrew: Teenagers Emigrating Before Parents") of the

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, studied for two years in an agricultural high school in Kfar Silver. סמדר שיר, "טריאתלונינה", מוסף 7 ימים של ידיעות אחרונות, גיליון 2429, 13 באוגוסט 2010, עמ' 74. She was recruited into the

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and served first as a secretary and afterwards went to a

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combat trainers course, and served most of her mandatory military tenure in that position. Starting in 1998 Perkerman studied Physical fitness for disable persons) in

Wingate Institute Wingate Institute (), officially Orde Wingate Institute for Physical Education and Sports (), is a sports training institute located south of Netanya, Israel. History Wingate Institute was established in 1957. It was named after Orde Wingate. ...

. After five years in which she lived alone in Israel, her parents immigrated to Israel. In 2002, she competed for the first time in Triathlon, afterwards she focused on cycling races and in 2003 she competed in the second level of the world championship and finished in 25th place. In 2004 her father died and she returned to Israel to live with her mother, in the same year she was offered a contract with an Italian professional team and she moved back to Italy, but after two weeks she discovered her mother had cancer and she returned once again to Israel. In 2005, she won the Maccabiah Games in Triathlon. From 2004–07 she was Israel Triathlon champion, in 2008 she did not compete and in 2009 she was again Israel champion in Triathlon. Starting in 2009, she began training for the Ironman distance. In 2009, she competed in Israman, the Israeli Triathlon championship and was 5th place overall (men and women) and first place among the women. In late May she competed in the half Ironman competition in Jordan Valley, Israel, and set a new Israeli record for women of 4.46 hours. In the

held in Roth, Germany on July 4, 2010 she got to the women's 10th overall place and second place in her age category (30–34), with a record of 9.47 hours. On October 9, 2010 she competed in

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held in Hawaii, and she is the second Israeli (after Gilad Rotem) to compete in that tournament. In the

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she finished first in her Age group (30–34) with a record of 9:55:19 And third the overall Amateur and 26th out of all the woman (including pros). In July 2011 she finished 12th in Ironman Europe championship. In October 2011, in Ironman World Championships in Hawai, she finished in the 20th place (improvement of 6 places of her previous record), with the result of 09:45:35 hours (improvement of 10 minutes of her previous result). In January 2013, Pekerman finished 1st in the Israeman (Israeli Ironman) in the half distance. In April 2013 she finished in the 8th place in Ironman South Africa. In January 2014, Pekerman finished in the 1st place in the Israman Negev (Israeli Ironman). Later that year, In October, she took 12th place in Ironman

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. In January 2015, she took 2nd place in Israman in

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. Later on, in March, she took 16th place in Ironman

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. That same year she took 6th place at the Ironman competition in

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. In 2016, she participated in the Israeli

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Championship and entered the Top 10 Finals field. In 2017, she won first place in the Israeli Crossfit Championship in the ages 35–39 category. Pekerman resides in

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, Israel, trains swimming to Triathlon,

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and babies activities in the water.ניר שועלי
הסיפור מאחורי אשת הברזל נינה פקרמן
nrg, January 28, 2010

References

External links

* Timothy Carlson (Feb 7, 2013)

slowtwitch.com * Timothy Carlson (Feb 07 2013)

slowtwitch.com * מור שלזינגר
אסור לאבד תקווה – נינה פקרמן בדרך להוואי
shvoong site, July 17, 2010 * ניר שועלי

nrg site, January 28, 2010 *
"אני מתאמנת פעמיים ביום"
nana 10 site, August 13, 2010 * אלכס וולפסון
על קרקע בוערת-מחנה אימונים עם נינה פקרמן
bonk site * ליאור זך-מאור
מבצע "חוד החנית" בפרנקפורט-איך הם מתאמנים? נינה פקרמן
bonk site
קריירה: נינה פקרמן, אלופת ישראל בטריאתלון
iknowledge site, 2009 * מור שלזינגר
נינה פקרמן כמעט ולא הגיעה לאילת
shvoong site, November 24, 2009 * אלעד פלטין
לקראת טריאתלון נשים – ראיון עם נינה פקרמן
harim site, 5/6/2009 * אלי שטרן

mynet site, 5/3/2009

nrg site, 1/6/2008 * יעל מרגלית
פקרמן ניצחה בטריאתלון: "אין פה כסאח"
one site, May 27, 2006 {{DEFAULTSORT:Pekerman, Nina 1977 births Israeli female triathletes Living people Wingate Institute alumni Sportspeople from Kfar Saba Sportspeople from Chișinău Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Israel Competitors at the 2005 Maccabiah Games