Nufar Edelman
{{short description|Israeli sailor}}
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| birth_place = Rosh HaNikra, Israel
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| height = 5' 6" (168 cm)
| weight = 150 lbs (68 kg)
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| event = Women's Laser Radial One-Person Dinghy
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Nufar Edelman ({{Langx|he|נופר אדלמן}}; born August 19, 1982) is an Israeli Olympic sailor.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ed/nufar-edelman-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110744/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ed/nufar-edelman-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Nufar Edelman Biography and Olympic Results |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=November 13, 2011}} She competes in the Laser Radial, a class of small singlehanded sailing dinghy.
Biography
Edelman is Jewish and was born in Rosh HaNikra, Israel.{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishinstlouis.org/page.aspx?id=181152 |title=Jews in the Olympics: 63 Athletes, 7 Countries |access-date=2011-11-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407023958/http://www.jewishinstlouis.org/page.aspx?id=181152 |archive-date=April 7, 2012 |df=mdy-all }} She finished 4th in the 2004 Laser Radial World Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.laserinternational.org/OLD%20WEBSITE/archives/arcwradw.htm |title=Laser Archives – World Championships |publisher=Laserinternational.org |access-date=November 13, 2011}}
Edelman finished 7th out of 97 competitors in the 2007 Laser Radial World Championships in Cascais, Portugal, becoming the first Israeli woman to meet the criteria for the Olympics in the Laser Radial.{{cite news|url=http://www.jpost.com/Sports/Article.aspx?id=106998 |title=Nufar Edelman: Laser Radial sailor |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=November 13, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sailracer.org/sailor_results.asp?sailor=Nufar%20Edelman |title=Nufar Edelman Results for sailing events and championships |publisher=Sailracer.org. |access-date=November 13, 2011}}
She competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, in the Women's Laser Radial One-Person Dinghy, and came in 16th. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed in the same class finishing in 30th place.
References
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External links
- {{World Sailing}}
- {{Olympics.com profile}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{OCI profile}}
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Category:Israeli sailors (sport)
Category:Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial
Category:Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial
Category:Olympic sailors for Israel
Category:Israeli female sailors (sport)
Category:Jewish sailors (sport)
Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople