page_title: List of Jews in sports
section_title: Sailing
hierarchical_section_title: List of Jews in sports / Athletes / Sailing
caption_attribution_description: English: Jo Aleh, of Auckland, after her investiture as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to sailing, on 6 May 2015
context_page_description: This list of Jewish athletes in sports contains athletes who are Jewish and have attained outstanding achievements in sports. The criteria for inclusion in this list are:
  1–3 places winners at major international tournaments;
  for team sports, winning in preliminary competitions of finals at major international tournaments, or playing for several seasons for clubs of major national leagues; or
  holders of past and current world records.
  Boldface denotes a current competitor.
  To be included in the list, one does not necessarily have to practice Judaism. Some members of the list may practice other religions or no religion at all, but are of Jewish ancestry.
  The topic of Jewish participation in sports is discussed extensively in academic and popular literature. Scholars believe that sports have been a historical avenue for Jewish people to overcome obstacles toward their participation in secular society.
context_section_description: Daniel Adler, Brazil, Olympic silver (yachting; sailing class)
  Jo Aleh, New Zealand, sailor, Olympic champion (470 class), world champion (420 class)
  Tony Bullimore, British, yachtsman
  Zefania Carmel, Israel, yachtsman, world champion (420 class)
  Don Cohan, US, Olympic bronze (yachting; dragon class)
  Gal Fridman, Israel, windsurfer, 2004 Olympic gold medalist (Israel's first gold medalist), 1996 Olympic bronze medalist (Mistral class)
  Robert Halperin, US, yachting (star-class)
  Peter Jaffe, Great Britain, Olympic silver (yachting; star-class)
  Lee Korzits, Israel, windsurfer, 4x world champion (RS:X)
  Lydia Lazarov, Israel, yachtsman, world champion (420 class)
  Valentyn Mankin, Soviet/Ukraine, only sailor in Olympic history to win gold medals in three different classes (yachting: finn class, tempest class, and star class), silver (yachting, tempest class)
  Nimrod Mashiah, Israel, windsurfer, ranked # 1 in world (RS:X; 2010)
  Mark Mendelblatt, US, Olympic sailor, 2x world silver (laser and sunfish), bronze (laser)
  Robert Mosbacher, US, world championship gold & silver (dragon class), gold (soling class), and bronze (5.5 metre class)
  Ran Shantal, Israel, 470-class, Olympian
  Nir Shental, Israel, 470-class, Olympian
  Dan Torten, Israel, 470-class, Olympian
  Ran Torten, Israel, 470-class, Olympian
  Shahar Tzuberi, Israel, windsurfer, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist (RS:X discipline); 2009 & 2010 European Windsurf champion
  Eli Zuckerman, Israel, yachtsman, Olympian
caption: Jo Aleh
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