Eran Sela

Eran Sela (Hebrew: ערן סלע‎) (born March 10, 1985) is an Israeli Olympic sailor, sailing in the 470 discipline. His current partner is Gideon Kliger.

Eran Sela

Sela at a consolidation event of the Olympic Committee of Israel in Eilat, 2012
Personal information
Native name	ערן סלע
Born	March 10, 1985 Hadera, Israel
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	Israel
Sport	Sailing
Event(s)	470
Club	Sdot Yam Yacht Club[1]
Coached by	Eyal Levine[1]
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	3rd (470, 2012)[2]
Medal record Sailing Representing  Israel ISAF Sailing World Cup 2012 Palma de Majorca 470 2010 Miami 470 470 European Championships 2010 Istanbul 470 2011 Helsinki 470 470 European Junior Championships 2004 Hungary 470
Updated on 22 October 2012.

Early life

Sela was born in Hadera and resides in the kibbutz Sdot Yam.[3] His father works at sea-craft maintenance and gives oceanic services, while his mother works at Caeserstone. He has two siblings, Roi, who works on a project relating to ships and Ofri, who worked as a skipper assistant.

In the army, he served at the Flotilla base in Atlit as an "exceptional sportsman".

Career

Sela is a member of the Sdot Yam Yacht Club, where he began sailing when he was 14 on a 420 dinghy and then switched to a 470 dinghy. In the European Junior Championship in Hungary in 2004, he won a bronze medal. He was twice the Israeli national champion, and three times the runner-up.[3]

His first partner was Aviv Ben-Hurin, and afterwards Yogev Yosef, both of them from Sdot Yam. In 2009, he competed with Yosef for a ticket to the 2012 Summer Olympics against Udi Gal and Gideon Kliger but placed low.

He quit sailing following financing problems, and coached for 1.5 years. Gal and Kliger broke up their partnership after Gal retired from sailing, and Kliger joined Sela.[4] After a month of training, the duo finished third place in the Rolex Cup in Miami.[5]

In March 2010, they placed first in the Israeli Championships, and won a silver medal in the same year 470 European Championships in Istanbul.[6]

In 2011, they won a bronze medal in the 470 European Championships in Helsinki.[7] Afterwards, they won a bronze medal in the Olympic Test Event at Weymouth, which gave them the Israeli Olympic criteria.[8] In the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships, held in Perth, they finished 4th place[9] and qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

In 2012 they won a silver medal at the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Palma.[10][11] From then they have been in a decline, only reaching 8th place at the 2012 470 World Championships[12] and 15th place at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[13]

References

1. "Eran Sela". 2012 Summer Olympics. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
2. "470 Men - World Sailing Rankings". Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
3. Eran Sela Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine at Israel21c
4. Introducing Israel’s Olympians: Gidi Kliger, Eran Sela at The Jerusalem Post
5. "ISAF Sailing World Cup: Rolex Miami OCR 2010 Men's 470 Results". Archived from the original on 2012-08-18. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
6. "2010 European Championships Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
7. 2011 European Championships Results
8. Israeli sailers capture bronze medal at Olympic warmup at The Jerusalem Post
9. 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships Men's 470 Results Archived 2012-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
10. "ISAF Sailing World Cup: Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia MAPFRE 2012 Men's 470 Results". Archived from the original on 2012-08-15. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
11. Sailing / World Championships / Fourth-place finish seals silver medal for Kliger, Sela at Haaretz
12. "470 World Championships - Barcelona 2012 - Results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
13. 2012 Summer Olympics 470 Sailing Class Results