Lydia Lazarov

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Lydia Lazarov
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Lazarov in 1969
Personal information
NationalityIsraeli
Born (1946-01-16) January 16, 1946 (age 76)
Sofia, Bulgaria
Sport
CountryIsrael Israel
SportSailing
Event(s)420
ClubZvulun Sailing Club, Bat Yam, Israel
RetiredYes
Achievements and titles
World finalsGold (, )
Medal record
420 class
Representing  Israel
420 World Championships
Gold medal – first place
Gold medal – first place

Lydia Lazarov (born January 16, 1946) is an Israeli former yachting world champion.[1][2]

Lydia Lazarov and Zefania Carmel in 1969.

Biography[]

Lazarov is Jewish, and was born in Sofia, Bulgaria.[1][3]

Yachting career[]

Lazarov and Zefania Carmel were teammates in the Zevulun Sailing Club in Bat Yam, Israel.[1][4] They won the 1966 Israeli 420-class national championship.[1][4]

Lazarov and Carmel also won the 1969 world title in the Team 420 Sailing Class, at Sandhem, Sweden,[1][5][6] where other 64 boats from 16 countries competed.[7] They were the first world champions in any sport representing Israel.[1][5][8][9][10] Next year, at the World Championships held in Tel Aviv in 1970, Lazarov won the title of world champion in singles in the 420 class,[4] and finished in doubles (along with Zefania Carmel) in fifth place.[11][12]


Lazarov was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1992.[13]

See also[]

  • Sports in Israel
  • List of select Jews in sailing

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Joseph M. Siegman (1992). The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. ISBN 9781561710287. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  2. ^ "No. 50 Zephania Carmel and Lydia Lazarov". The Jerusalem Post. May 12, 2008. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  3. ^ Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. ISBN 9780881259698. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  4. ^ a b c סיפורי בת-ים: העיר ממנה הגיעו אלופי העולם הישראלים הראשונים. Ynet
  5. ^ a b Mitchell Geoffrey Bard, Moshe Schwartz (2005). One thousand one facts everyone should know about Israel. ISBN 9780742543584. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  6. ^ "World Yachting Championship". Boeliem.com. December 27, 2008. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  7. ^ לחיינו: 72 הרגעים הזכורים של הספורט הישראלי. One.co.il
  8. ^ Sea Sports in Israel Are Ahead of the Games. Haaretz
  9. ^ השייטים שהכניסו את המדינה לטירוף / עושה היסטוריה. Ynet
  10. ^ ישראל "מעצמת שיט"? לא להיסחף. Globes
  11. ^ הישגים בינלאומיים בדגם 420. Israeli Sailing Association
  12. ^ 1970 420 World Championship - Tel Aviv ISR
  13. ^ "Zephania Carmel and Lydia Lazarov". Jewishsports.net. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
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