Delila Hatuel
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | דלילה חטואל |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Born |
November 15, 1980 Acre, Israel |
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Israel |
| Sport | Fencing |
| Event(s) | Foil |
| Club | Olympic Fencing Center Akko |
| Coached by | Haim Hatuel |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Highest world ranking | 9 (April 2008) |
Delila Hatuel (Hebrew: דלילה חטואל; born November 15, 1980) is an Israeli Olympic foil fencer. She represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has been ranked ninth in the world.
Delila Hatuel born in Acre, Israel. Her brother Maor Hatuel is also a fencer, as is her aunt, Lydia Hatuel-Zuckerman, and her uncle, Yitzhak Hatuel. Delila, her father, and Lydia train Jewish and Arab children in fencing at Acre's Olympic Fencing Center.
Hatuel finished ninth in the team foil 1997 World Fencing Championships in Cape Town, South Africa, and eighth in the team foil 1998 European Fencing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
In July 2007, Hatuel finished sixth in individual foil at the European Fencing Championships, in Ghent, Belgium. Throughout 2008, she finished in the top 10 in the Fencing World Cup circuit, and was ranked in the top 16 in the world.
In April 2008, she was ranked 9th in the world in women's foil. In July 2008, at the 2008 European Fencing Championships in Kiev, Ukraine, she defeated Olympic foil champion Valentina Vezzali, but injured her knee at the end of the bout. She finished seventh in individual foil in the tournament.
Her injury included a torn anterior cruciate ligament, which had to be surgically repaired. She underwent treatment in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center in Tzrifin, Israel, so that she would be well enough to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Exposure to oxygen under high pressure speeds up the body's natural healing process.
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