Shahar Zubari
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| Native name | שחר צוברי | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Shakka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ethnicity | Jewish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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September 1, 1986 Eilat, Israel |
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| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Israel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sailing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | RS:X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Apoel Eilat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Yair Suari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 2nd (RS:X, 2009) 99th (Mistral, 2005) |
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Shahar Tzuberi (Hebrew: שחר צוברי) (born September 1, 1986) is an Israeli windsurfer and Olympic bronze medalist, surfing in the "Neil Pryde" RS:X discipline. He is a nephew of Gad Tsobari, the 1972 Olympic wrestler who escaped from Arab terrorists during the Munich massacre. He is a three-time Olympian.
Shahar Tzuberi was born in Eilat. He began surfing at the age of 7, encouraged by his father, Ze'ev "Poodle" Tzuberi. After winning a number of local surfing competitions, he began training professionally. Tzuberi joined the Israel Defense Forces in 2005 and received an "Athlete of Excellence" status, allowing him to compete in international competitions. He went through recruit training in the Zikim base and then became a quartermaster in the Israeli navy base in Eilat, his hometown.
Tzuberi's first achievement was a silver medal in the 2000 Windsurfing World Championships for boys. With the Olympics in mind, Tzuberi began mastering the Mistral windsurfer (which was the windsurfer model used in the Olympic Games at the time). In 2002, Tzuberi won the under-17 World Championships, and in 2004, he won the silver medal in the Youth World Championships held in Bulgaria.
In 2004, the ISAF decided to replace the Olympic windsurfing discipline model from the Mistral surfboard to the "Neil Pryde" RS:X surfboard. The majority of Olympic windsurfers found it hard to adjust to the new model, as they were already used to years of sailing on the Mistral. However, this provided younger surfers, such as Tzuberi, with a chance to close the gaps in experience and catch up with the veteran windsurfers.
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