Eldad Amir
Personal information
Native nameאלדד אמיר
Nationality Israel
Born (1961-09-28) September 28, 1961
Hadera, Israel
Height6-2.5 (190 cm)
Weight207 lb (94 kg)
Sailing career
ClassMixed Two-Person Heavyweight Dinghy

Eldad Amir (אלדד אמיר; born September 28, 1961) is an Israeli Olympic competitive sailor.[1] He was born in Hadera, Israel, and is Jewish.[2][3][4]

Sailing career

When Amir competed in the Olympics he was 6-2.5 (190 cm) tall, and weighed 207 lbs (94 kg).[1]

Amir competed for Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics with Yoel Sela, at the age of 22, in Los Angeles, California, in Sailing - Mixed Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy, and came in 8th.[1]

Amir competed for Israel at the 1988 Summer Olympics with Yoel Sela, at the age of 26, in Seoul, Korea, in Sailing - Mixed Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy, and came in 4th.[1] They came very close to winning the first Olympic medal in Israeli history, missing one by 11.30 points.[2] Their second race fell on Yom Kippur, and Israeli officials forbade them from competing that day, so they had missed that race.[2] Had they been able to compete in the second race, they would have certainly medaled.[2][5][6]

In 1990, Amir and Sela came in 5th in the World Championships.[7] In 1991, they won the Italian Open and came in second in the France Open.[2]

At the 1992 Summer Olympics, Amir carried the Israeli flag at opening ceremony. He competed with Yoel Sela, at the age of 30, in Sailing - Mixed Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy, and came in 20th. [8]


References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Eldad Amir Bio, Stats, and Results". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Amir, Eldad", Jews in Sports
  3. ↑ Wechsler, Bob (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9780881259698.
  4. ↑ Slater, Robert (2000). Great Jews in sports. J. David Publishers. ISBN 9780824604332.
  5. ↑ Wallechinsky, David; Loucky, Jaime (2012). The Book of Olympic Lists. Aurum Press.
  6. ↑ "A brief history of Israel at the Games".
  7. ↑ "Sporting heroes for 60 years: No. 47 Yoel Sela and Eldad Amir".
  8. ↑ "Eldad Amir's biographical information".
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