Amit Inbar
{{Short description|Israeli windsurfer}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|9 August 1972}}
| birth_place = Mikhmoret, Israel
| height = 183 cm
| weight = 77 kg
| classes = Mistral, Lechner, Raceboard
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|name=Amit Inbar
עמית ענבר}}
Amit Inbar ({{langx|he|עמית ענבר}}; born 9 August 1972) is an Israeli Olympic competitive windsurfer, and a kitesurfer.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/in/amit-inbar-1.html |title=Amit Inbar (surfing) |access-date=2018-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712173717/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/in/amit-inbar-1.html |archive-date=2017-07-12 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/amit-inbar |title=Amit INBAR - Olympic Sailing - Israel |website=Olympic.org |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=22 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216091910/https://www.olympic.org/amit-inbar |archive-date=16 December 2017 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.tropical-paradise-kitesurfing.com/amit-inbar-israel.html |title=Amit Inbar, Israel |first=Thierry |last=Dehove |website=tropical-paradise-kitesurfing.com |access-date=2016-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414114159/http://www.tropical-paradise-kitesurfing.com/amit-inbar-israel.html |archive-date=2016-04-14 |url-status=dead}}
Inbar was born in the small town of Mikhmoret, in the Central District of Israel, close to the sea, and is Jewish.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/Olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=154 |title=Amit Inbar |website=jewsinsports.org |access-date=2016-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213227/http://www.jewsinsports.org/Olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=154 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Sporting-Heroes-No54-Amit-Inbar |title=Sporting Heroes: No.54 - Amit Inbar |website=jpost.com |access-date=2016-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030202338/http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Sporting-Heroes-No54-Amit-Inbar |archive-date=2016-10-30 |url-status=live}} When Inbar competed in the Olympics, he was {{convert|6|ft|0|in|cm}} tall, and weighed {{convert|170|lb|kg}}.
Surfing and kitesurfing career
Inbar received his first surfboard as a present from his parents when he turned seven years old, and began to windsurf because his brother Eran, a top windsurfer, needed competition. He won the Israeli national championship seven times during his career.
In 1991, Inbar became World No. 1, and won the silver medal in the board windsurfing World Championship.
Inbar competed for Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, at the age of 19 in Sailing - Men's Windsurfer, and came in 8th.
In 1993, Inbar won the gold medal at the European Championship. In 1994, Inbar came in fifth in the World Championship.
in 1997, he won the silver medal in the World Championship. In 1998, Inbar won the gold medal at the 1998 European Championships, and came in second in the mistral at the World Championships.
In 2000, Inbar won the 2000 South American Championships, won the silver medal at the 2000 European Championships, and came in fourth at the 2000 World Championships.
Inbar competed for Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, at the age of 28 in Sailing - Men's Windsurfer, and came in 7th.
In 2001, Inbar was ranked as high as No. 11 in the world in surfing, but turned his attention to kitesurfing.
Inbar now runs a surfing school. He mentored Israeli windsurfer Nimrod Mashiah from a young age.{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/sailing-perth-2011-mashiah-recovers-claims-third-world-medal-in-a-row-1.402258 |title=Sailing / Perth 2011 / Mashiah recovers, claims third world medal in a row |newspaper=Haaretz |access-date=2016-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203060907/http://www.haaretz.com/sailing-perth-2011-mashiah-recovers-claims-third-world-medal-in-a-row-1.402258 |archive-date=2016-02-03 |url-status=live}}
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Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople
Category:Jewish sailors (sport)
Category:Olympic sailors for Israel
Category:Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Lechner A-390
Category:Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design