Zefania Carmel
Israeli yacht racer
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Zefania Carmel (Hebrew: צפניה כרמל; born December 21, 1940, in Baghdad, Iraq; died September 1980) was an Israeli yachting world champion.
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Yachting career
Carmel partnered with Lydia Lazarov to win the Israeli yachting championship in 1966 in the 420-Class. They won the world championships in the Team 420 Non-Olympic Sailing Class in 1969. Carmel won the individual Israeli yachting championship in 1970.[1]
Death
Carmel drowned during training in September 1980.[1]
Hall of Fame
Carmel was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1982.[1]
