Nir Shental
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Nir Shental (also "Chantal"; {{Langx|he|ניר שנטל}}; born April 25, 1969) is an Israeli Olympic competitive sailor.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/nir-shental-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110407/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/nir-shental-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Nir Shental Bio, Stats, and Results|publisher=}}
Early life
Shental was born in Jaffa, Israel, and he is Jewish.[http://www.jewsinsports.org/Olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=118 "Chantal, Nir"] His brother is an Olympic competitive sailor Ran Shental.
Sailing career
His club is Hapoel Tel Aviv, in Tel Aviv, Israel.
In 1987, Shental and his brother Ran won the gold medal in the 17th International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU) Youth Sailing World Championships in the 420 dinghy—Open in Botany Bay, NSW, Australia.{{cite web|url=https://members.sailing.org/biog.php?unique=1472751596.0523&memberid=122812&js=1|title=Sailor Biography|publisher=isaf.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.isafyouthworlds.com/regattainfo.php?view=eventoa&rgtaid=13932®attaid=13932&evntid=27191|title=Regatta List|publisher=isafyouthworlds.com}} They beat out future Olympians Jean-François Berthet and Gwenael Berthet of France. In August 1988, he won the silver medal in the 470 dinghy Junior World Championship in the 470 - Open, in Puck, Poland.
In 1993, Shental and his brother won the silver medal in the 470 World Championships. In 1995, he and his brother won the bronze medal in the 470 World Championships in the 470-Men, in Toronto, Canada.{{cite news|url=http://www.pressreader.com/israel/jerusalem-post/20060914/281930243462737|title=Kliger and Gal Edge Olympic Champions for Bronze at Worlds|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|author=Allon Sinai|date=September 14, 2006}} That year, they were named Israel's Sportsmen of the Year in a ceremony conducted by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-5995179.html|title=Chantal brothers crowned outstanding sportsmen|date=17 September 1995|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Shental and his brother competed for Israel at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, at the age of 27, in the Sailing--Men's Two Person Dinghy (470), and came in 19th. The next Israeli siblings to compete in the same Olympics were Shachar Sagiv and Ran Sagiv, who competed in the men's triathlon event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/sport/article/hjr2juo0d|title=עשו היסטוריה: האחים הישראלים התחרו יחד בטריאתלון|date=25 July 2021|work=Ynet|author=אורן אהרוני}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2020_tokyo_olympic_games/501764|title=Results: Elite Men | Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games|date=26 July 2021|website=World Triathlon}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/team-israel-brothers-finish-20th-and-35th-place-in-tokyo-2020-triathlon-674903|title=Team Israel brothers finish 20th and 35th in Tokyo 2020 triathlon|date=26 July 2021|website=The Jerusalem Post}}
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