Nina Amir

Nina Amir was born in 1999 in Haifa

Nina Amir was born on January 17, 1999, in Haifa. She began sailing at the Haifa Sailing Club while in high school.

In 2013 she and Merav Levanony won the Girls Israel 420 Sailing Cup and took 9th place at the 420 Junior European Championships. In 2015 she came second in the 420 class at the Israeli national championships.

In March 2016 she began sailing the 470 class with Olympic sailor Gil Cohen. The pair placed 9th at the Princess Sofia Trophy Regatta in Palma de Mallorca, which secured them a place at the 2016 Summer Olympics. They then placed 18th at the 470 European Championships.

At 17, Amir was the youngest member of Israel's team at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. She and Cohen competed in the women's 470 event.