Katy Spychakov (Hebrew: קטי ספיצ'קוב; born 6 August 1999) is an Israeli windsurfer.[1][2] Spychakov won the 2015 Female Under 17 Techno 293 World Championships, the 2016 RS:X Class Youth Female World Championships, and the 2019 U21 Women's RS:X World Championships. She won a silver medal in the Women's 2019 RS:X World Championships.
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| Native name | קטי ספיצ'קוב | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Israel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 August 1999 Eilat, Israel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Eilat, Israel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Windsurfing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | RS:X, IQFoil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hapoel Eilat Sailing Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 6th (2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World finals |  (2019, 2021, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regional finals |  (2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editSpychakov was born in Eilat, Israel, to immigrant parents from Ukraine.[3][4] She has three siblings.[3] She served as a soldier in the Israeli Navy at the Atlit naval base.[5]
She began windsurfing when she was 10 years old, and racing when she was 13 years old.[6][4] Spychakov is a member of the Hapoel Eilat Sailing Club.[3][6]
Career
editSpychakov won the silver medal in the 2013 Female Under 15 Techno 293 World Championships, the silver medal in the 2014 Female Under 17 Techno 293 World Championships, and the gold medal in the 2015 Female Under 17 Techno 293 World Championships.[3][7][8][9]
She won the 2016 RS:X Class Youth Female World Championships in Limassol, Cyprus.[10][11]
In August 2019, Spychakov won a bronze medal in the RS:X Women’s competition at Ready Steady Tokyo – Sailing on the island of Enoshima, Japan.[6]
In September 2019, she won a silver medal in the Women's 2019 RS:X World Championships, and was an U21 winner in the Women's 2019 RS:X World Championships at Lake Garda in Italy.[12][13][14][15] It was Israel's first world championship medal since windsurfer Maayan Davidovich's bronze medal at the RS:X World Championships in 2014.[16]
She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Women's RS:X event.[17]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "2015 Techno 293 Worlds - Youth (Under 17) entry list, girls". techno293worlds-cagliari2015.org.
- ^ "2013 TECHNO 293 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - [PDF]". fdocuments.us.
- ^ a b c d "Israel's 20-year-old windsurfing phenom has sights set on the Olympics". From the Grapevine. 3 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Israeli Olympic windsurfing hopeful in choppy waters over affair with coach". Times of Israel. 23 October 2019.
- ^ "ספורטאית השבוע של הפועל: קטי ספיצ'קוב". www.hapoel.org.il. 2 July 2019.
- ^ a b c "Israeli wind-surfer Katy Spychakov wins bronze in Enoshima". The Jerusalem Post. 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Youth (Under 17) girls - results | Techno293 Worlds 2015". techno293worlds-cagliari2015.org.
- ^ "Katy Spychakov Results for sailing events and championships". www.sailracer.org.
- ^ "Israel Claims U17 Titles at Techno 293 Worlds". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 30 October 2015.
- ^ "Katy Spychakov and Yoav Omer: the 2016 Youth World Champions". rsxclass.org.
- ^ "Katy Spychakov,"[permanent dead link] World Sailing.
- ^ "U21 WOMEN Results". rsxclass.org.
- ^ "Israeli Windsurfer Scores Silver at World Championship". Haaretz. 28 September 2019.
- ^ "Israeli windsurfer takes silver medal at world championship". Times of Israel. 28 September 2019.
- ^ "Badloe and Lu taste gold at 2019 RS:X World Championships". Surfer Today. 30 September 2019.
- ^ "Israeli windsurfer wins silver at world championship". The Jerusalem Post. 28 September 2019.
- ^ "Sailing: SPYCHAKOV Katy". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021.
External links
edit- Katy Spychakov at World Sailing
- Katy Spychakov at Olympics.com
- Katy Spychakov at Olympedia
- Katy Spychakov at the Olympic Committee of Israel (archived) (in Hebrew)
- Katy Spychakov at The-Sports.org
- Katy Spychakov on Facebook
