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Gal Fridman (or Friedman, Hebrew: גל פרידמן; born September 16, 1975) is an Israeli windsurfer and Israel's first Olympic gold medalist. Fridman won a Bronze Medal in the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics, and his gold medal in the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics.
Gal Fridman started windsurfing at the age of seven, spurred on by his father, formerly a keen amateur windsurfer. Born in Hadera on the Mediterranean coast, he took part in his first competitions aged 13. Gal made his Olympic début in 1996, at the Games in Atlanta in the Mistral class.
Aug 25, 2004 · Windsurfing champion Gal Friedman won a gold medal in the Athens Olympics today - Israel's first gold medal in Olympic history. It was Israel's second medal this year, after Judoka Arik Ze'evi...
Gal Fridman achieve the Olympic dream by winning the windsurfer Olympic title, eight years after his first bronze medal in Atlanta. Fridman of Israel finishes ... on 42 points, 10 points ahead of silver medalist Nikolaos Kaklamanakis of Greece.
Oct 12, 2017 · Gal Friedman is actually the winner of the only gold medal Israel has ever had at the Olympics. Friedman's golden age, literally, was in the previous decade when in 2002 he won a gold medal at the World Championships and two years later, as mentioned, he also won the gold medal in Sydney (2004).
Gal Fridman was an Israeli Olympic windsurfer and the first Israeli to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. Fridman was born on September 16, 1975, in the Israeli moshav of Karkur near Hadera, Israel, and acquired his love of sailing from his family.
Gal Fridman is an Israeli Olympic athlete. A windsurfer, Fridman is the only Israeli athlete to win multiple Olympic medals and the first and only Israeli Olympic gold medalist. Fridman won a bronze medal in Atlanta in 1996 and a gold in Athens in 2000.
