| Nimrod Mashiah | |
| Native Name: | נמרוד משיח |
| Native Name Lang: | heb |
| Birth Date: | 10 July 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Eilat, Israel |
| Country: | Israel |
| Sport: | Windsurfing |
| Event: | RS:X |
| Coach: | Gal Fridman (through 2013); Tom Korzits (2013–present) |
| Highestranking: | 1 (RS:X, 2010) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Nimrod Mashiah (also spelled Nimrod Mashiach; Hebrew: נמרוד משיח, born 10 July 1988) is an Israeli windsurfer.[1]
In 2001, Mashiah received the Young Artist Award as an Outstanding Young Actor in an International Commercial for his role as a diver/actor in a television commercial. Surfing on the model, Mashiah was the 2009 Windsurfing World Championships silver medalist, and won the bronze medals at both the 2010 and 2011 World Championships.[2]
In September 2010, he was ranked # 1 in the world in men's windsurfing. In September 2014, Israel qualified to have a male RS:X windsurfer represent Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics, with Mashiah winning the quota place. He is Jewish, and lives in Mikhmoret, Israel.[1] [3]
In 2001, at the 22nd Young Artist Awards, Mashiah received the Young Artist Award as an Outstanding Young Actor in an International Commercial for his role as a diver/actor in a Cheltenham & Gloucester television commercial "The Pearl".[4] [5] [6]
Gal Fridman, an Israeli former windsurfer and Olympic gold medalist, was Mashiah's coach until 2013, when he took on as his new coach Tom Korzits, the brother of Israeli four-time world champion windsurfer Lee Korzits.[7] [8]
In 2001 Mashiah won the gold medal in Thailand and was the Youth World Champion in the 15-year-old age group in windsurfing, in 2003 he won the bronze medal at the Youth European Championship, and in 2004 he won the silver medal at the Youth World Championship.[1] [9] [10]
In 2009, at the Windsurfing World Championships in Weymouth, England, Mashiah won the silver medal, behind Britain's 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Nick Dempsey.[11] [12]
In September 2010, at the age of 22, at the RS:X Windsurfing World Championships in Kerteminde, Denmark, he won the bronze medal.[11] [13] That month he was ranked #1 in the world in men's windsurfing.[14] In December 2010, the Olympic Committee of Israel named him the athlete of the year.[13] Mashiah received a cash prize of NIS 40,000.[13]
In September 2011, at the in Burgas, Bulgaria, he finished eighth.[15] [16]
In December 2011, at the RS:X World Windsurfing Championships in Perth, Australia, Mashiah came in third behind Dorian van Rijsselberghe of the Netherlands and Piotr Myszka of Poland and won a bronze medal.[7] [17]
2008 Olympic bronze medal winner Shahar Zubari took Israel's berth in men's windsurfing at the 2012 London Olympic Games.[18] Each country was allowed to send only one windsurfer to compete in the Olympics.[11]
In March 2013, at the RS:X World Windsurfing Championships in Buzios, Brazil, Mashiah finished sixth.[19] [20] [21]
In September 2014, Israel qualified to have a male RS:X windsurfer represent Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics, with Mashiah winning the quota place.[22] [23] As of 27 April 2015, Mashiah was the top-ranked Israeli male windsurfer.[24]