Nufar Edelman (; born August 19, 1982) is an Israeli Olympic sailor.
She competes in the
Laser Radial
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sailing dinghy
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Biography
Edelman is Jewish and was born in
Rosh HaNikra, Israel.
She finished 4th in the 2004 Laser Radial World Championships.
Edelman finished 7th out of 97 competitors in the 2007 Laser Radial World Championships in
Cascais
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, Portugal, becoming the first Israeli woman to meet the criteria for the Olympics in the Laser Radial.
She competed on behalf of
Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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, China, in the
Women's Laser Radial One-Person Dinghy, and came in 16th.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed in the same class finishing in 30th place.
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1982 births
Living people
Israeli sailors (sport)
Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial
Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial
Olympic sailors for Israel
Israeli female sailors (sport)
Jewish sailors (sport)
Jewish Israeli sportspeople
People from Rosh HaNikra
21st-century Israeli sportswomen