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Gal Fridman was born on 16 September, 1975 in Karkur, Israel, is an Israeli windsurfer (born 1975). Discover Gal Fridman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 48 years old?
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48 years old |
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Virgo |
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16 September, 1975 |
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16 September |
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Karkur, Israel |
| Nationality |
Israel
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Gal Fridman Height, Weight & Measurements
At 48 years old, Gal Fridman height is 1.83m and Weight 68 kg.
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1.83m |
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68 kg |
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Gal Fridman Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Gal Fridman worth at the age of 48 years old? Gal Fridman’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from Israel. We have estimated Gal Fridman's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Under Review |
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Timeline
Fridman dedicated his medal to the memory of the 11 Israeli athletes murdered by terrorists during the 1972 Summer Olympics.
1st: Gal Fridman – Israel (Gold medal)
5th: Przemysław Miarczyński – Poland
Gal Fridman (or Friedman, גל פרידמן; born September 16, 1975) is an Israeli windsurfer and Israel's first Olympic gold medalist.
Fridman was coached by retired Olympic windsurfing silver (1992) and bronze medalist (1988) Michael Gebhardt from the U.S.
(Note: the worst race score is thrown out)
In 1995, he won the ASA Boardsailing Championship in Eilat, Israel.
Fridman won a Bronze Medal in the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics, and his gold medal in the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics.
He is the first of two Israelis athlete to win two Olympic Medals, and the first Olympic Gold medalist in Israeli history.
His first name, Gal, means "wave" in Hebrew.
He was born in Karkur, Israel, and lives close to the water in Sdot Yam, a nearby kibbutz.
Fridman was born in Karkur, Israel, to an Ashkenazi Jewish family.
The second of three children, Fridman was born to Dganit and Uri Fridman, and has an older sister, Maayan and a younger brother, Yuval.
Growing up close to the Mediterranean Sea, Gal was introduced by his father to windsurfing.
Fridman started sailing at age seven, and began racing when he was 11.
He began competing internationally in youth categories while still in school.
After his service in the Israel Defense Forces he began competing as an adult.
At the 1996 Summer Olympics, Fridman won a bronze medal for Israel in the Olympic Sailing Windsurfing Event (Mistral Men's Windsurfing category), and was named Israeli Sportsman of the Year.
In 1999, he won the International ASA Windsurfing Championship in Eilat.
Despite his form in the previous years, he failed to win the Israeli Olympic Trials and did not represent Israel in the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
Amit Inbar represented Israel in the 2000 Olympics and finished 7th overall.
In 2002, he won the Mistral World Championship held in Pattaya, Thailand, and was ranked #1 on the International Sailing Federation rankings in February 2003.
Back on form leading up to the 2004 Olympics, Fridman was one of Israel's Olympic Team favorites to a win a Medal (along with judoka Ariel Ze'evi and athlete Aleksander Averbukh), and prepared intensively for the Olympic Games two years prior to the event.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Fridman again competed in the Olympic windsurfing discipline of sailing (Mistral Windsurfer Class), a discipline that included 11 races.
In the last race on August 25, 2004, Fridman finished a hard-fought 2nd, exploiting a tactical mistake made by Brazilian leader Ricardo Santos and beat Greek windsurfer Nikolaos Kaklamanakis in order to end the Olympic Regatta with the lowest score of 42 points, which secured his 2004 Olympic gold medal in windsurfing.
Olympic sailing events scores are tabulated with the lowest score (best results combines) winning.
Fridman won Israel's first Olympic gold medal.
Fridman, an avid cyclist, won a gold medal in the Israeli cycling championship in 2005.
In June 2005, his bronze and gold Olympic medals were stolen, with only the gold medal recovered from the robbery.
In 2007, he won the Men's Windsurfer New Year International Regatta in Limassol, Cyprus.
Approaching the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Fridman found it hard to adjust to the new Olympic Windsurf board model, the RS:X Neil Pryde windsurfer.
Also he had some crucial equipment failures at key Olympic trail regattas and failed to qualify for the 2008 Israeli Olympic Sailing Team.
Shahar Tzuberi took his place and went on to win the 2008 Olympic bronze medal for Israel.
After 2008, Fridman retired from competition in windsurfing and focused on coaching up-and-coming Israeli windsurfers.
He guided Nimrod Mashiah to the silver medal in the 2009 World Championship.
Fridman currently coaches Israel's top windsurfers preparing for the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics and currently owns a standup paddleboarding (SUP) company.
