Lydia Lazarov

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Lydia Lazarov
Lazarov in 1969
Personal information
NationalityIsraeli
Born (1946-01-16) January 16, 1946 (age 78)
Sofia, Bulgaria
Sport
CountryIsrael Israel
SportSailing
Event420
ClubZvulun Sailing Club, Bat Yam, Israel
RetiredYes
Achievements and titles
World finalsGold (1969, 1970)
Medal record
420 class
Representing  Israel
420 World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1969 Sandhem Team 420
Gold medal – first place 1970 Tel Aviv Singles 420

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

Lydia Lazarov and Zefania Carmel in 1969.

Biography

Lazarov is

Sofia, Bulgaria.[1][3]

Sailing 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]

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