Lydia Lazarov Explained

Lydia Lazarov
Nationality:Israeli
Country: Israel
Sport:Sailing
Event:420
Club:Zvulun Sailing Club, Bat Yam, Israel
Birth Date:1946 1, mf=yes
Birth Place:Sofia, Bulgaria
Retired:Yes
Worlds: (1969, 1970)

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

Biography

Lazarov is Jewish, and was born in Sofia, Bulgaria.[1] [3]

Sailing career

Lazarov and Zefania Carmel were teammates in the Zevulun Sailing Club in Bat Yam, Israel.[1] 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]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame . Joseph M. Siegman. 1992. 9781561710287 . August 17, 2011.
  2. News: No. 50 Zephania Carmel and Lydia Lazarov . https://web.archive.org/web/20121107181300/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/1446947901.html?dids=1446947901:1446947901&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+12,+2008&author=Jerusalem+Post+Sports+staff&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=No.+50+Zephania+Carmel+and+Lydia+Lazarov&pqatl=google . dead . November 7, 2012 . The Jerusalem Post . May 12, 2008 . August 17, 2011.
  3. Book: Day by day in Jewish sports history . Bob Wechsler . 2008 . 9780881259698 . August 17, 2011.
  4. https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4845744,00.html סיפורי בת-ים: העיר ממנה הגיעו אלופי העולם הישראלים הראשונים
  5. Book: One thousand one facts everyone should know about Israel . 2005 . Mitchell Geoffrey Bard, Moshe Schwartz . 9780742543584 . August 17, 2011.
  6. Web site: World Yachting Championship . Boeliem.com . December 27, 2008 . August 17, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305044241/http://www.boeliem.com/content/1970/495.html . March 5, 2016 . dead .
  7. https://www.one.co.il/Article/358122.html לחיינו: 72 הרגעים הזכורים של הספורט הישראלי
  8. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/sports/israels-blue-period-1.5271225 Sea Sports in Israel Are Ahead of the Games
  9. https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5511264,00.html השייטים שהכניסו את המדינה לטירוף / עושה היסטוריה
  10. https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1000707959 ישראל "מעצמת שיט"? לא להיסחף
  11. https://sailing.org.il/%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%A6%D7%90%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%95%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%92%D7%99%D7%9D-2/%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%92%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%99-%D7%93%D7%92%D7%9D-2/%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%92%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%91%D7%93%D7%92%D7%9D-420/ הישגים בינלאומיים בדגם 420
  12. https://int420class.smugmug.com/1970-European-Championships-Travemunder-Woche/1970-420-World-Championship-Tel-Aviv-ISR/i-p7gKqQ9/A 1970 420 World Championship - Tel Aviv ISR
  13. Web site: Zephania Carmel and Lydia Lazarov . Jewishsports.net . August 17, 2011.