Lydia Lazarov

Lydia Lazarov (born January 16, 1946) is an Israeli former yachting world champion.[1][2]

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Early life

Lazarov is Jewish, and was born in Sophia, Bulgaria.[1][3]

Yachting career

Lazarov and Zefania Carmel were teammates in the Zevulun Bateam Club in Israel.[1] They won the 1966 Israeli 420-class national championship.[1]

Lazarov and Carmel also won the 1969 world title in the Team 420 Sailing Class, at Sandhem, Sweden.[1][4][5] They were Israel's first world champions in any sport.[1][4]

Lazarov was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1992.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Joseph M. Siegman (1992). The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. http://books.google.com/books?id=Qpiphgls99IC&pg=PA185&dq=Lydia+Lazarov&hl=en&ei=iORKTpLjN8jm0QHl-dzrBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Lydia%20Lazarov&f=false. Retrieved August 17, 2011. 
  2. ^ "No. 50 Zephania Carmel and Lydia Lazarov". The Jerusalem Post. May 12, 2008. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/1446947901.html?dids=1446947901:1446947901&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+12%2C+2008&author=Jerusalem+Post+Sports+staff&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=No.+50+Zephania+Carmel+and+Lydia+Lazarov&pqatl=google. Retrieved August 17, 2011. 
  3. ^ Bob Wechsler. Day by day in Jewish sports history. http://books.google.com/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&pg=PA16&dq=Lydia+Lazarov&hl=en&ei=iORKTpLjN8jm0QHl-dzrBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&sqi=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Lydia%20Lazarov&f=false. Retrieved August 17, 2011. 
  4. ^ a b Mitchell Geoffrey Bard, Moshe Schwartz (2005). One thousand one facts everyone should know about Israel. http://books.google.com/books?id=hohspDWqzjwC&pg=PA82&dq=Lydia+Lazarov&hl=en&ei=iORKTpLjN8jm0QHl-dzrBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Lydia%20Lazarov&f=false. Retrieved August 17, 2011. 
  5. ^ "World Yachting Championship". Boeliem.com. December 27, 2008. http://www.boeliem.com/content/1970/495.html. Retrieved August 17, 2011. 
  6. ^ "Zephania Carmel and Lydia Lazarov". Jewishsports.net. http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/ZephaniaCarmelandLydiaLazarov.htm. Retrieved August 17, 2011.