Zefania Carmel Explained

Zefania Carmel (born December 21, 1940, in Baghdad, Iraq; died September 1980) was an Israeli yachting world champion.

Yachting career

Carmel partnered with Lydia Lazarov to win the Israeli yachting championship in 1966 in the 420-Class. They won the world championships in the Team 420 Non-Olympic Sailing Class in 1969. Carmel won the individual Israeli yachting championship in 1970.^[1]

Death

Carmel drowned during training in September 1980.

Hall of Fame

Carmel was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1982.

See also

• List of select Jews in sailing

Notes and References

1. Web site: Zephania Carmel and Lydia Lazarov. International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. 29 April 2015.