Ran Shantal (also "Shental" or "Chantal"; ; born May 25, 1971) is an Israeli Olympic competitive sailor.

Early life

Shantal was born in

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, Israel, and is Jewish."Chantal, Ran"
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Nir Shental Nir Shental (also "Chantal"; ; born April 25, 1969) is an Israeli Olympic competitive sailor. Early life Shental was born in Jaffa, Israel, and he is Jewish. His brother is an Olympic competitive sailor Ran Shental. Sailing career His club is ...

Sailing career

His club is

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, in

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, Israel. In 1987, Shantal and his brother Nir won the

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in the 17th

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(IYRU)

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in the 420 dinghy—Open in

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, NSW, Australia. They beat out future Olympians Jean-François Berthet and Gwenael Berthet of France. In August 1988, he won the

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in the 470 dinghy Junior World Championship in the 470 - Open, in

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. In 1993, Shantal and his brother won the silver medal in the 470 World Championships. In 1995, he and his brother won the

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in the 470 World Championships in the 470-Men, in Toronto, Canada. That year, he and his brother were named Israel's Sportsmen of the Year in a ceremony conducted by Israeli Prime Minister

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. Shantal (at the age of 25) and his brother competed for

Israel at the 1996 Summer Olympics Israel competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, Atlanta, United States. 25 competitors, 18 men and 7 women, took part in 26 events in 10 sports. Gal Fridman won a bronze medal in Sailing, the only medal won by an Israeli at thes ...

in Atlanta, Georgia, in the Sailing--Men's Two Person Dinghy (470), and came in 19th. The next Israeli siblings to compete in the same Olympics were

Shachar Sagiv Shachar Sagiv (Hebrew: שחר שגיב; born 11 October 1994) is an Israeli Olympic triathlete. In 2016, he won the bronze medal in the U23 European Triathlon Championships. Sagiv competed in the men's triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics in 20 ...

and Ran Sagiv, who competed in the men's triathlon event at the

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in Tokyo in 2021.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shantal, Ran Olympic sailors for Israel Jewish Israeli sportspeople Israeli male sailors (sport) Jewish sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – 470 People from Jaffa Sportspeople from Tel Aviv District 1971 births Living people