Nir Shental
Nir Shental is an Israeli Olympic competitive sailor.Early life
Shental was born in Jaffa, Israel, and is Jewish. His brother is Olympic competitive sailor Ran Shental.Sailing career
His club is Hapoel Tel Aviv, in Tel Aviv, Israel.
In 1987, Shental and his brother Ran won the gold medal in the 17th International Yacht Racing Union Youth Sailing World Championships in the 420 dinghy—Open in Botany Bay, NSW, Australia. They beat out future Olympians Jean-François Berthet and Gwenael Berthet of France. In August 1988, he won the silver medal in the 470 dinghy Junior World Championship in the 470 - Open, in Puck, Poland.
In 1993, Shental and his brother won the silver medal in the 470 World Championships. In 1995, he and his brother won the bronze medal in the 470 World Championships in the 470-Men, in Toronto, Canada. That year, he and his brother were named Israel's Sportsmen of the Year in a ceremony conducted by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
Shental and his brother competed for Israel at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, at the age of 27, in the Sailing--Men's Two Person Dinghy, and came in 19th.
