Gal is Jewish, and was born in Tel Aviv, Israel.[1][2][3] He started sailing at 8 years of age, and started racing at 13 years of age.[4] He competes with the club Hapoel Tel Aviv.[2] He competed with partner Gideon Kliger in two-man competitions from the outset of his career, through 2009.[5][6]
The first event he won was the Youth Europeans 420, in 1996.[4] In 1998 he and Kliger won the European Youth Championships, and in 2001 they finished second in the European Championship in Ireland.[3]
He and Kliger won bronze medals in the Sailing 470 World Championship for three straight years in Men's 470-Class Two-Person Dinghy — in 2006–08.[8] In June 2007, he came in third in the Men's 470 ISAF Sailing World Championships, in Cascais, Portugal.[4] In January 2008, he came in third in the Men 470 World Championships, in Melbourne, Australia.[4] In April 2008, he and Kliger were ranked third in the world in the 470 class dinghy.[9]
Gal moved to the San Francisco/Bay Area to pursue a master's degree in Sports Psychology from John F. Kennedy University, and began coaching youth sailing at Peninsula Youth Sailing Foundation (PYSF). In 2021, Gal left PYSF to start his own youth sailing program, High Performance Center (HPC)[11]
As a coach at the 2021 i420 world championships, he helped lead team USA to three gold medals.[12]
hebrew, אודי, גל, born, june, 1979, israeli, olympic, sailor, sailing, world, championship, three, time, bronze, medalist, 2007personal, informationnationalityisraeliborn, 1979, june, 1979, aviv, israelheight6, weight161, sailing, careerclassmen, class, person. Udi Gal Hebrew אודי גל born June 11 1979 is an Israeli Olympic sailor who is a sailing world championship three time bronze medalist Udi GalGal in 2007Personal informationNationalityIsraeliBorn 1979 06 11 June 11 1979 age 44 Tel Aviv IsraelHeight6 ft 2 in 188 cm Weight161 lb 73 kg Sailing careerClassMen s 470 Class Two Person DinghyCoachIlan TashtashMedal record Men s sailing Representing Israel 470 World Championships 2006 Rizhao Men s 470 2007 Cascais Men s 470 2008 Mordialloc Men s 470 Contents 1 Biography 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksBiography editGal is Jewish and was born in Tel Aviv Israel 1 2 3 He started sailing at 8 years of age and started racing at 13 years of age 4 He competes with the club Hapoel Tel Aviv 2 He competed with partner Gideon Kliger in two man competitions from the outset of his career through 2009 5 6 The first event he won was the Youth Europeans 420 in 1996 4 In 1998 he and Kliger won the European Youth Championships and in 2001 they finished second in the European Championship in Ireland 3 In 2004 he was chosen as chair of the Israel Olympic Committee s athletes section 7 He and Kliger won bronze medals in the Sailing 470 World Championship for three straight years in Men s 470 Class Two Person Dinghy in 2006 08 8 In June 2007 he came in third in the Men s 470 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Cascais Portugal 4 In January 2008 he came in third in the Men 470 World Championships in Melbourne Australia 4 In April 2008 he and Kliger were ranked third in the world in the 470 class dinghy 9 Gal and Kliger competed on behalf of Israel at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece and on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing China in Men s 470 Class Two Person Dinghy coming in 15th and 14th respectively 2 He coaches Israeli Olympians Eyal Levin and Dan Froyliche who are competing on behalf of Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 470 10 Gal moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to pursue a master s degree in Sports Psychology from John F Kennedy University and began coaching youth sailing at Peninsula Youth Sailing Foundation PYSF In 2021 Gal left PYSF to start his own youth sailing program High Performance Center HPC 11 As a coach at the 2021 i420 world championships he helped lead team USA to three gold medals 12 See also editList of European Championships medalists in sailingReferences edit Jews in the Olympics 63 Athletes 7 Countries Jewishinstlouis org Archived from the original on April 7 2012 Retrieved November 13 2011 a b c Udi Gal Biography and Olympic Results Sports reference com Archived from the original on April 18 2020 Retrieved November 13 2011 a b Gal Udi Jewsinsports org Retrieved November 13 2011 a b c d ISAF Sailor biog page Sailing org Retrieved November 13 2011 Udi Gal Jewish Virtual Library June 6 1979 Retrieved February 6 2016 Sailing Gidi Kliger Finds a New Olympic Partner Haaretz Ben Yair December 17 2004 Gal to head Olympic athletes committee Haaretz Retrieved November 13 2011 ISAF Get To Know Udi Gal Sailing org July 31 2008 Retrieved November 13 2011 Navon Emmanuel 60 Sporting Heroes No 30 Udi Gal and Gidi Kliger Jpost com Retrieved November 13 2011 Sailor Biography Sailing High Performance Center Tiburon HPCenter Retrieved 2022 11 23 3 Gold Medals for USA and 1 for ESP at the 2021 420 World Championships 2021 420 World Championships Retrieved 2022 11 23 External links editUdi Gal at World Sailing archived nbsp Udi Gal at Olympics com nbsp Udi Gal at Olympedia nbsp Udi Gal on Facebook nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Udi Gal amp oldid 1218985736, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
