Lydia Lazarov

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

Biography

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

Yachting career

Lazarov and Zefania Carmel were teammates in the Zevulun Bateam Club in Israel.[1] They won the 1966 Israeli 420-class national championship.[1]

Lazarov and Carmel also won the 1969 world title in the Team 420 Sailing Class, at Sandhem, Sweden.[1][4][5] They were Israel's first world champions in any sport.[1][4]

Lazarov was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1992.[6]

See also

References
  1. Joseph M. Siegman (1992). The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  2. "No. 50 Zephania Carmel and Lydia Lazarov". The Jerusalem Post. May 12, 2008. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  3. Bob Wechsler. Day by day in Jewish sports history. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  4. Mitchell Geoffrey Bard, Moshe Schwartz (2005). One thousand one facts everyone should know about Israel. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  5. "World Yachting Championship". Boeliem.com. December 27, 2008. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  6. "Zephania Carmel and Lydia Lazarov". Jewishsports.net. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
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