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Maayan Davidovich

Maayan Davidovich is an Israeli windsurfer who competed for Israel at the 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics and won bronze medals at the 2013 and 2014 RS:X World Championships.

born 1988Olympic RS:X windsurfingWorld Championship bronze medals 2013, 2014Competing at 2 Olympic Games

Born: 21 May 1988, Herzliya
Occupation: windsurfer, sailor

Maayan Davidovich was born in 1988 in Herzliya

Maayan Davidovich was born on May 21, 1988, in Herzliya. Her father was a sailor and her mother, Galina Weiner, was an Israeli swimming champion. Her brothers Yarin and Dan and her twin sister Sivan were Israeli windsurfing champions.

She began sailing at 5 and windsurfing at 13. Her first international event was the 1999 Optimist European Championships in Greece. She won a silver medal at the 2006 youth world championship in Weymouth.

She served in the Israeli Navy and trained with the Hapoel Tel Aviv club.

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics she placed 10th. She won a silver medal at the 2012 European Championship and bronze medals at the 2013 and 2014 World Championships. At the 2016 Rio Olympics she placed 7th in the RS:X.

After the Rio Games she took a break from the sport. In 2018 she retired, after completing a master's degree, to focus on business administration.

Milestones in Maayan Davidovich's life

1988
Born in Herzliya.
1999
Made her international debut at the Optimist European Championships in Greece.
2006
Won silver at the RS:X youth world championship in Weymouth.
2008
Placed 10th at the Beijing Olympics.
2012
Won silver at the European Championship in Portugal.
2013
Won bronze at the World Championship in Búzios, Brazil.
2014
Won bronze at the World Championship in Santander, Spain.
2016
Placed 7th at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
2018
Retired from competition.