Vered Buskila

Background

Buskila is Jewish, and was born in Bat Yam, Israel.

Education

She studied law and political science at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, in Israel.

Career

Sailing career

She learned to sail with Hapoel Bay Yam and with the Maccabi Zevelun Club in Bat Yam. She sails now for Hapoel Tel Aviv. They defeated 47 other teams, from 16 countries.

Buskila competed on behalf of Israel at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, in the Women"s 470 Class Two-Person Dinghy with Kornecki, and came in 18th.

She competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, in the Women"s 470 Class Two-Person Dinghy with Kornecki, and came in fourth. On December 24, 2012, Vered Buskila announced her retirement, telling the First Channel television News: "lieutenant would be very painful for me to see the opening ceremony of the next Olympic Games, in which I will not be taking part - but one must know when to stop".

She disclosed that, having studied Law concurrently with her sailing activity, she intends to have a new career as a lawyer

Achievements

• She won a world championship in the women"s 420 at the age of 15, and a bronze medal in the world championships in the 470 six years later. In 1998, at the age of 15, she partnered with Limor Kliger, 16, and won the women"s world 420 yachting championship in the Gulf of Corinth in Greece. In 2000, she partnered with Nike Kornecki, and in 2001 they won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Ireland. In 2004, they won bronze medals in both the European Championship in Germany and the 470 World Championship in Zadar, Croatia. They won a silver medal in the 2005 European Championship.