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Shimshon Brokman

Shimshon Brokman is an Israeli former Olympic sailor who, with Eitan Friedlander, won the 1980 420 World Championship and the 1979 470 European Championship.

born 19571980 420 world sailing title1979 470 European sailing titlePartnership with Eitan FriedlanderSailing at the 1984 Olympics

Born: 16 September 1957, Tel Aviv
Occupation: racing driver
Education: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Hebrew Reali School

Shimshon Brokman was born in 1957 in Tel Aviv

Shimshon Brokman was born on 16 September 1957 in Kibbutz Rosh Hanikra. His family later moved to Haifa. His father, Gad Brokman, sailed for Israel at 2 world championships.

He finished the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa in 1975. He earned a B.Sc. in 1983 and an M.Sc. in 1987 in aeronautical engineering at the Technion. In 2006 he completed an Executive MBA at Tel Aviv University.

Sailing with Eitan Friedlander, he won the 420 youth world title in West Germany in 1972 and the European 420 title in 1976. In the 470 class they won European gold in Spain in 1979 and world bronze in England in 1983. They also won the 420 World Championship in France in 1980.

The pair missed the 1980 Moscow Olympics because Israel joined the boycott led by the United States. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics they placed 8th in the 470 event.

He has worked at the Israel Electric Corporation since 1988, and since 2006 he has headed its fuel management department. He is married with 3 children.