Vered Buskila

Vered Buskila

Vered Buskila
Personal information
Native name	ורד בוסקילה
Nickname	Vardush
Born	(1983-05-23) 23 May 1983 (age 41) Bat Yam, Israel
Sport
Country	Israel
Sport	Sailing
Event	Women's 420; Women's 470 Class Two-Person Dinghy
Club	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Coached by	Ilan Basik Tashtash

Vered Bouskila (Hebrew: ורד בוסקילה; born 23 May 1983) is an Israeli Olympic sailor. She competes in the 470 Class double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centerboard, Bermuda rig, and center sheeting.[1][2] She won a world championship in the women's 420 at the age of 15, and a bronze medal in the world championships in the 470 six years later.

Biography

Buskila is Jewish and was born in Bat Yam, Israel.[3][4] She studied law and political science at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, in Israel.[2]

Sailing career

She learned to sail with the Maccabi Zevelun Club in Bat Yam.[4][5] She sails now for Hapoel Tel Aviv.[2]

In 1998, at the age of 15, she partnered with Limor Kliger, 16, and won the women's world 420 yachting championship in the Gulf of Corinth in Greece.[6][7] They defeated 47 other teams, from 16 countries.[8]

In 2000, she partnered with Nike Kornecki, and in 2001 they won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Ireland.[4][5] In 2004, they won bronze medals in both the European Championship in Germany and the 470 World Championship in Zadar, Croatia.[2][4]

Buskila competed on behalf of Israel at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, in the Women's 470 Class Two-Person Dinghy with Kornecki, and came in 18th.[1] They won a silver medal in the 2005 European Championship.[5]

She competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, in the Women's 470 Class Two-Person Dinghy with Kornecki, and came in fourth.[1]

Buskila returned to sailing with a new partner, Gil Cohen, in 2010.[9]

On 24 December 2012 Vered Buskila announced her retirement, telling the First Channel TV News: "It would be very painful for me to see the opening ceremony of the next Olympic Games, in which I will not be taking part - but one must know when to stop". She disclosed that, having studied Law concurrently with her sailing activity, she intends to have a new career as a lawyer.

See also

• Sports in Israel
• List of European Championships medalists in sailing

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vered Buskila". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 18, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
2. "Vered Buskila". Sailing.org. Archived from the original on November 4, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
3. "Jews in the Olympics: 63 Athletes, 7 Countries". Jewishinstlouis.org. Archived from the original on April 7, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
4. "Vered Buskila (1983–)". Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. 2011. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
5. Tammy Berger. "Our Representatives at the Olympics" (PDF). IDC Herzliya. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
6. Heather Chait (August 2, 1998). "Young yachtswomen win world 420 title". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
7. Heather Chait (August 3, 1998). "Buskila, Kliger on top of the world". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on March 18, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
8. "Mideast Report". Jweekly. August 7, 1998. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
9. "ISAF : ISAF World Cup Standings Leaders Cement Top Spots in Weymouth". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2012-02-08.

External links

• Vered Buskila at World Sailing
• Vered Buskila at Olympics.com
• Vered Buskila at Olympedia (archive)
• Vered Buskila at the Olympic Committee of Israel (archived) (in Hebrew)
• Vered Buskila on Facebook
• "What, its over already?", by Vered Buskila, IDC Herzliya Magazine, 31 August 2008