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Nickname(s)
  
Vardush

Coached by
  
Ilan Basik Tashtash

Weight
  
74 kg

Height
  
1.8 m


Sport
  
Role
  
Olympic athlete

Country
  
Israel

Name
  
Vered Buskila

Spouse
  
Oran Samogora

Vered Buskila

Born
  
May 23, 1983 (age 41) (
1983-05-23
)
Bat Yam, Israel

Event(s)
  
Women's 420; Women's 470 Class Two-Person Dinghy

Israel s olympic hope sailing vered buskila


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. 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.

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Biography

Buskila is Jewish, and was born in Bat Yam, Israel. She studied law and political science at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, in Israel.

Sailing career

She learned to sail with Hapoel Bay Yam and with the Maccabi Zevelun Club in Bat Yam. She sails now for Hapoel Tel Aviv.

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. They defeated 47 other teams, from 16 countries.

In 2000, she partnered with Nike Kornecki, and in 2001 they won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Ireland. In 2004, they won bronze medals in both the European Championship in Germany and the 470 World Championship in Zadar, Croatia.

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. They won a silver medal in the 2005 European Championship.

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.

Buskila returned to sailing with a new partner, Gil Cohen, in 2010.

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

Vered Buskila Wikipedia


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