Vered Buskila
Personal information | |
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Nickname | Vardush |
Born | Bat Yam, Israel | May 23, 1983
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
Weight | 154 lb (70 kg) |
Sport | |
Country | Israel |
Sport | Sailing |
Event | Women's 420; Women's 470 Class Two-Person Dinghy |
Club | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
Coached by | Ilan Basik Tashtash |
Vered "Vardush" Buskila (born May 23, 1983) is an Israeli Olympic sailor, and competes in the 470 Class double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centerboard, Bermuda rig, and center sheeting.[1][2] She won a world championship in the women's 420 at the age of 15, and a bronze medal in the world championships in the 470 six years later.
Biography
Buskila is Jewish, and was born in Bat Yam, Israel.[3][4] She studied law and political science at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, in Israel.[2]
Sailing career
She learned to sail with Hapoel Bay Yam and with the Maccabi Zevelun Club in Bat Yam.[4][5] She sails now for Hapoel Tel Aviv.[2]
In 1998, at the age of 15, she partnered with Limor Kliger, 16, and won the women's world 420 yachting championship in the Gulf of Corinth in Greece.[6][7] They defeated 47 other teams, from 16 countries.[8]
In 2000, she partnered with Nike Kornecki, and in 2001 they won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Ireland.[4][5] In 2004, they won bronze medals in both the European Championship in Germany and the 470 World Championship in Zadar, Croatia.[2][4]
Buskila competed on behalf of Israel at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, in the Women's 470 Class Two-Person Dinghy with Kornecki, and came in 18th.[1] They won a silver medal in the 2005 European Championship.[5]
She competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, in the Women's 470 Class Two-Person Dinghy with Kornecki, and came in fourth.[1]
Buskila returned to sailing with a new partner, Gil Cohen, in 2010.[9]
On December 24, 2012, Vered Buskila announced her retirement, telling the First Channel TV News: "It would be very painful for me to see the opening ceremony of the next Olympic Games, in which I will not be taking part - but one must know when to stop". She disclosed that, having studied Law concurrently with her sailing activity, she intends to have a new career as a lawyer.
References
- ^ a b c "Vered Buskila". Sports-reference. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Vered Buskila". Sailing.org. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- ^ "Jews in the Olympics: 63 Athletes, 7 Countries". Jewishinstlouis.org. Archived from the original on April 7, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
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- ^ a b c Tammy Berger. "Our Representatives at the Olympics" (PDF). IDC Herzliya. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- ^ Heather Chait (August 2, 1998). "Young yachtswomen win world 420 title". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- ^ Heather Chait (August 3, 1998). "Buskila, Kliger on top of the world". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- ^ "Mideast Report". Jweekly. August 7, 1998. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
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External links
- Sports-reference bio
- Sailing.org bio
- "What, its over already?", by Vered Buskila, IDC Herzliya Magazine, August 31, 2008
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Israeli sailors
- Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – 470
- Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 470
- Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 470
- People from Bat Yam
- Olympic sailors of Israel
- Israeli sailors (sport)
- Jewish sailors (sport)
- Israeli Jews
- Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya alumni
- Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent
- World champions in the 420