Name Lydia Lazarov | ||
Lydia Lazarov (born January 16, 1946) is an Israeli former yachting world champion.
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Early life
Lazarov is Jewish, and was born in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Yachting career
Lazarov and Zefania Carmel were teammates in the Zevulun Bateam Club in Israel. They won the 1966 Israeli 420-class national championship.
Lazarov and Carmel also won the 1969 world title in the Team 420 Sailing Class, at Sandhem, Sweden. They were Israel's first world champions in any sport.
Lazarov was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1992.
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