Anat Lelior
Lelior in 2017
Personal information
Born (2000-04-29) 29 April 2000
Tel Aviv, Israel[1]
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight114 lb (52 kg)
Surfing specifications
StanceGoofy

Anat Lelior (Hebrew: ענת ליליאור; born April 29, 2000) is an Israeli surfer. She represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and finished 17th in the shortboard.

Early life

Lelior was born in Tel Aviv, Israel,[1][2] to a Jewish family.[3] Her mother is painter Eti Jacobi,[2] and her father is Yochai Lelior.[4][3] She began surfing at the age of 5 when her father would take her out to the Mediterranean Sea at the coasts of her hometown Tel Aviv.[2] Her younger sister Noa Lelior is a professional surfer as well,[2] and in 2015 she decided to take the family to surfing contests abroad instead of having her Bat Mitzvah party - which in turn spearheaded her older sister Anat to a bigger stage in surfing.[3] Lelior's surfing club Galim is owned by Shlomi Eyni and Inbar.[5]

She serves as a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces.[6]

Surfing career

Lelior was the 2018 World Surf League (WSL) Europe Pro Junior runner-up.[7]

In 2019, she won the Burton Automotive Pro International Trials in Australia at Surfest.[8] She also won the 2019 Deeply Pro Anglet, a WSL Qualifying Series (QS) 1,500 event at Chambre d’Amour.[9][6]

2020 Olympic Games

Lelior qualified for the Surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics by finishing as the highest-ranked surfer from Europe (Israel is considered part of Europe, according to International Olympic Committee protocol) and one of the top 30 surfers in the overall open division at the 2019 ISA World Surfing Games in Miyazaki, Japan.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Pro Surfer: Anat Lelior". World Surf League. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Surfing sisters are making waves". From the Grapevine. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 "Israeli surfer Anat Lelior's unlikely path to Tokyo". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com.
  4. ↑ "אחיות ים". 8 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Fraze, Jaime. "Competitors catch waves in France at international surfing contest". From the Grapevine.
  6. 1 2 Skyler Wilder (2019-11-01). "Israel's Surfing Soldier Qualifies Her Country for the 2020 Olympic Games". Adventure Sports Network. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  7. ↑ "Justin Becret and Nadia Erostarbe Claim Junior Pro Biscarrosse Titles". World Surf League. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "Stairmand and Lelior win Burton Automotive Pro International Trials at Surfest". Surfest. 10 March 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  9. ↑ "anat lelior and andy criere win 2019 deeply proanglet". Magic Sea Weed. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  10. ↑ "World's Top Women Approach Gold Medals, Capture Olympic Qualification in Miyazaki". International Surfing Association. 9 September 2019. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
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