Nir Shental

Nir Shental
Personal information
Native name ניר שנטל
Nationality  Israel
Born (1969-04-25) April 25, 1969
Jaffa, Israel
Sailing career
Class(es) Two-Person Dinghy (470)
Club Hapoel Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel

Nir Shental (also "Chantal"; ניר שנטל; born April 25, 1969) is an Israeli Olympic competitive sailor.[1]

Early life

Shental was born in Jaffa, Israel, and is Jewish.[1][2] His brother is Olympic competitive sailor Ran Shental.[1]

Sailing career

His club is Hapoel Tel Aviv, in Tel Aviv, Israel.[1]

In 1987, Shental and his brother Ran won the gold medal in the 17th International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU) Youth Sailing World Championships in the 420 dinghy—Open in Botany Bay, NSW, Australia.[3][4] They beat out future Olympians Jean-François Berthet and Gwenael Berthet of France.[4] In August 1988, he won the silver medal in the 470 dinghy Junior World Championship in the 470 - Open, in Puck, Poland.[3]

In 1993, Shental and his brother won the silver medal in the 470 World Championships.[2] In 1995, he and his brother won the bronze medal in the 470 World Championships in the 470-Men, in Toronto, Canada.[3][5] That year, he and his brother were named Israel's Sportsmen of the Year in a ceremony conducted by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.[6]

Shental and his brother competed for Israel at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, at the age of 27, in the Sailing--Men's Two Person Dinghy (470), and came in 19th.[1]

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