| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | רן שנטל |
| Nationality |  Israel |
| Born | May 25, 1971 Jaffa, Israel |
| Sailing career | |
| Class | Two-Person Dinghy (470) |
| Club | Hapoel Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel |
Ran Shantal (also "Shental" or "Chantal"; רן שנטל; born May 25, 1971) is an Israeli Olympic competitive sailor.[1]
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Early life
Shantal was born in Jaffa, Israel, and is Jewish.[1][2] His brother is Olympic competitive sailor Nir Shental.[1]
Sailing career
His club is Hapoel Tel Aviv, in Tel Aviv, Israel.[1]
In 1987, Shantal and his brother Nir 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, Shantal 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]
Shantal (at the age of 25) and his brother competed for Israel at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, in the Sailing--Men's Two Person Dinghy (470), and came in 19th.[1] The next Israeli siblings to compete in the same Olympics were Shachar Sagiv and Ran Sagiv, who competed in the men's triathlon event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021.[7][8][9]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Ran Shental Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ a b "Chantal, Ran"
- ^ a b c "Ran SHENTAL-Sailor Biography". isaf.com.
- ^ a b "Regatta List". isafyouthworlds.com.
- ^ Allon Sinai (September 14, 2006). "Kliger and Gal Edge Olympic Champions for Bronze at Worlds". The Jerusalem Post.
- ^ "Chantal brothers crowned outstanding sportsmen". The Jerusalem Post. 17 September 1995.[dead link]
- ^ אורן אהרוני (25 July 2021). "עשו היסטוריה: האחים הישראלים התחרו יחד בטריאתלון". Ynet.
- ^ "Results: Elite Men | Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". World Triathlon. 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Team Israel brothers finish 20th and 35th in Tokyo 2020 triathlon". The Jerusalem Post. 26 July 2021.
External links
- Ran Shantal at World Sailing (archived)
- Ran Shantal at Olympics.com
- Ran Shantal at Olympedia
This page was last edited on 15 June 2024, at 19:20