Katy Spychakov

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Katy Spychakov ({{langx|he|קטי ספיצ'קוב}}; born 6 August 1999) is an Israeli windsurfer.{{Cite web |url=http://techno293worlds-cagliari2015.org/entry-list/Under-17/girls |title=2015 Techno 293 Worlds - Youth (Under 17) entry list, girls |website=techno293worlds-cagliari2015.org}}{{Cite web |url=https://fdocuments.us/document/2013-techno-293-world-championships-24-ita-150-renna-nicol-991-savage-alexis.html |title=2013 TECHNO 293 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - [PDF] |website=fdocuments.us}} Spychakov won the 2015 Female Under 17 Techno 293 World Championships, the 2016 RS:X Youth World Championships, and the 2019 U21 Women's RS:X World Championships. She won a silver medal in the Women's 2019 RS:X World Championships.

Early life

Spychakov was born in Eilat, Israel, to immigrant parents from Ukraine.{{Cite web |url=https://www.fromthegrapevine.com/lifestyle/katy-spychakov-israel-tokyo-2020-olympics-windsurfing |title=Israel's 20-year-old windsurfing phenom has sights set on the Olympics |website=From the Grapevine |date=3 October 2019}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-olympic-windsurfing-hopeful-in-choppy-waters-over-affair-with-coach/ |title=Israeli Olympic windsurfing hopeful in choppy waters over affair with coach |work=Times of Israel |date=23 October 2019}} She has three siblings. She served as a soldier in the Israeli Navy at the Atlit naval base.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hapoel.org.il/Articles/%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%90%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A2-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%9C:-%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%99-%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A6-%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91/ |title=ספורטאית השבוע של הפועל: קטי ספיצ'קוב |website=www.hapoel.org.il |date=2 July 2019}}

Spychakov began windsurfing when she was 10 years old, and racing when she was 13 years old.{{Cite web |url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israeli-wind-surfer-Katy-Spychakov-wins-bronze-in-Enoshima-599249 |title=Israeli wind-surfer Katy Spychakov wins bronze in Enoshima |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=21 August 2019}} Spychakov is a member of the Hapoel Eilat Sailing Club.

Career

Spychakov won the silver medal in the 2013 Female Under 15 Techno 293 World Championships, the silver medal in the 2014 Female Under 17 Techno 293 World Championships, and the gold medal in the 2015 Female Under 17 Techno 293 World Championships.{{Cite web |url=http://techno293worlds-cagliari2015.org/results/U17-girls |title=Youth (Under 17) girls - results | Techno293 Worlds 2015 |website=techno293worlds-cagliari2015.org}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.sailracer.org/sailor_results.asp?sailor=Katy+Spychakov |title=Katy Spychakov Results for sailing events and championships |website=www.sailracer.org}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2015/10/30/israel-claims-u17-titles-at-techno-293-worlds/ |title=Israel Claims U17 Titles at Techno 293 Worlds |date=30 October 2015 |work=Scuttlebutt Sailing News}}

Spychakov won the 2016 RS:X Youth World Championships in Limassol, Cyprus.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsxclass.org/youthworlds2016/index.php/2016/11/26/katy-spychakov-and-yoav-omer-the-2016-youth-world-champions/ |title=Katy Spychakov and Yoav Omer: the 2016 Youth World Champions |publisher=rsxclass.org}}[https://site-isaf.soticcloud.net/sailors/biog.php?memberid=472528 "Katy Spychakov,"]{{Dead link|date=December 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} World Sailing.

In August 2019, Spychakov won a bronze medal in the RS:X Women's competition at Ready Steady Tokyo – Sailing on the island of Enoshima, Japan.

In September 2019, Spychakov won a silver medal in the Women's 2019 RS:X World Championships, and was an U21 winner in the Women's 2019 RS:X World Championships at Lake Garda in Italy.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rsxclass.org/worlds2019/results/women-u21/ |title=U21 WOMEN Results |publisher=rsxclass.org}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/sports/.premium-israeli-windsurfer-scores-silver-at-world-championship-1.7917699 |title=Israeli Windsurfer Scores Silver at World Championship |date=28 September 2019 |work=Haaretz}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-windsurfer-takes-silver-medal-at-world-championship/ |title=Israeli windsurfer takes silver medal at world championship |work=Times of Israel |date=28 September 2019}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.surfertoday.com/windsurfing/badloe-and-lu-taste-gold-at-2019-rsx-world-championships |title=Badloe and Lu taste gold at 2019 RS:X World Championships |date=30 September 2019 |work=Surfer Today}} It was Israel's first world championship medal since windsurfer Maayan Davidovich's bronze medal at the RS:X World Championships in 2014.{{Cite web |url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israeli-windsurfer-wins-silver-at-world-championship-603198 |title=Israeli windsurfer wins silver at world championship |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=28 September 2019}}

Spychakov competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Women's RS:X event.{{Cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1280334-spychakov-katy.htm |title=Sailing: SPYCHAKOV Katy |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006111416/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1280334-spychakov-katy.htm |archive-date=2021-10-06}}