Shahar Tzuberi

Shahar Tzuberi was born in 1986 in Eilat

Tzuberi was born in Eilat in 1986 to a family of Yemenite Jewish and Ashkenazi Jewish descent. He started windsurfing at age 7 with encouragement from his father, Ze'ev. He is a nephew of wrestler Gad Tsobari, who escaped during the Munich massacre, and his cousin is surfer Hadar Heller.

He joined the IDF in 2005 with athlete of excellence status. He served as a quartermaster at the navy base in Eilat.

As a youth he won a silver medal at the 2000 boys' world championships and the under-17 world title in 2002. He won bronze at the 2008 world championships in New Zealand and then bronze at the Beijing Olympics. After the Games he made offensive remarks about Chinese people in an interview, which a government minister condemned, and he later apologized.

He won the European Championships in 2009 and 2010. He carried Israel's flag at the 2012 London Olympics and finished 19th, and he also competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Before the 2024 Paris Olympics he became head coach of the women's windsurfing team and coached Sharon Kantor to a silver medal.