{{short description|Israeli sailor (born 1985)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Eran Sela | image = EranSela DSC2965 799 1200.jpg | caption = Sela at a consolidation event of the Olympic Committee of Israel in Eilat, 2012 | nickname = | native_name = ערן סלע | native_name_lang = heb | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|03|10}} | birth_place = Hadera, Israel | yearsactive = | height = {{height|precision=0|m=1.71}}<ref name="london2012">{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/sela-eran-1016037/ |title=Eran Sela |work=2012 Summer Olympics |publisher= |accessdate=22 October 2012 |archive-date=31 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031101453/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/sela-eran-1016037/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> | weight = {{convert|73|kg|lb|0}}<ref name="london2012"/> | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | country = Israel | sport = Sailing | event = 470 | club = Sdot Yam Yacht Club<ref name="london2012"/> | turnedpro = | coach = Eyal Levine<ref name="london2012"/> | highestranking = 3rd (470, 2012)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.470.org/content.asp?id=1927 |title=470 Men - World Sailing Rankings |access-date=22 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728192155/http://www.470.org/content.asp?id=1927 |archive-date=28 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Sailing}} {{MedalCountry|{{ISR}}}} {{MedalCompetition|ISAF Sailing World Cup}} {{MedalSilver|2012 Palma de Majorca|470}} {{MedalBronze|2010 Miami|470}} {{MedalCompetition|470 European Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2010 Istanbul|470}} {{MedalBronze|2011 Helsinki|470}} {{MedalCompetition|470 European Junior Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2004 Hungary|470}} | show-medals = yes | updated = 22 October 2012 }}

'''Eran Sela''' ({{langx|he|ערן סלע}}; born 10 March 1985) is an Israeli Olympic sailor, sailing in the 470 discipline. His current partner is Gideon Kliger.

==Early life== Sela was born in Hadera and resides in the kibbutz Sdot Yam.<ref name="Isr21c">[http://olympics.israel21c.org/?p=28 Eran Sela] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018192720/http://olympics.israel21c.org/?p=28 |date=18 October 2012 }} at ''Israel21c''</ref> His father works at sea-craft maintenance and gives oceanic services, while his mother works at Caeserstone. He has two siblings, Roi, who works on a project relating to ships and Ofri, who worked as a skipper assistant.

In the army, he served at the Flotilla base in Atlit as an "exceptional sportsman".

==Career== Sela is a member of the Sdot Yam Yacht Club, where he began sailing when he was 14 on a 420 dinghy and then switched to a 470 dinghy. In the European Junior Championship in Hungary in 2004, he won a bronze medal. He was twice the Israeli national champion, and three times the runner-up.<ref name="Isr21c"/>

His first partner was Aviv Ben-Hurin, and afterwards Yogev Yosef, both of them from Sdot Yam. In 2009, he competed with Yosef for a ticket to the 2012 Summer Olympics against Udi Gal and Gideon Kliger but placed low.

He quit sailing following financing problems, and coached for 1.5 years. Gal and Kliger broke up their partnership after Gal retired from sailing, and Kliger joined Sela.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/Sports/Article.aspx?id=275698 Introducing Israel’s Olympians: Gidi Kliger, Eran Sela] at ''The Jerusalem Post''</ref> After a month of training, the duo finished third place in the Rolex Cup in Miami.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://origin.sailing.org/worldcup/events/miami-2010.php?rgtaid=9756&evntid=15990&nocache=1#results |title=ISAF Sailing World Cup: Rolex Miami OCR 2010 Men's 470 Results |access-date=22 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818195209/http://origin.sailing.org/worldcup/events/miami-2010.php?rgtaid=9756&evntid=15990&nocache=1#results |archive-date=18 August 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In March 2010, they placed first in the Israeli Championships, and won a silver medal in the same year 470 European Championships in Istanbul.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.470.org/userfiles/docs/2010%20European%20Istanbul%20-%20Official%20results.pdf |title=2010 European Championships Results |access-date=22 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011142010/http://470.org/userfiles/docs/2010%20European%20Istanbul%20-%20Official%20results.pdf |archive-date=11 October 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2011, they won a bronze medal in the 470 European Championships in Helsinki.<ref>[http://www.470.org/userfiles/docs/2011%20European%20Helsinki%20-%20Official%20results.pdf 2011 European Championships Results]{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Afterwards, they won a bronze medal in the Olympic Test Event at Weymouth, which gave them the Israeli Olympic criteria.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/Sports/Article.aspx?id=233688 Israeli sailers capture bronze medal at Olympic warmup] at ''The Jerusalem Post''</ref> In the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships, held in Perth, they finished 4th place<ref>[http://static.sportresult.com/PERTH2011/data/pdf/470-M/470-M-Fleet-Overall.pdf 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships Men's 470 Results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130233917/http://static.sportresult.com/PERTH2011/data/pdf/470-M/470-M-Fleet-Overall.pdf |date=30 January 2012 }}</ref> and qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

In 2012 they won a silver medal at the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Palma.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://origin.sailing.org/worldcup/events/palma-2012.php?rgtaid=10718&evntid=20181&nocache=1#results |title=ISAF Sailing World Cup: Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia MAPFRE 2012 Men's 470 Results |access-date=22 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815220740/http://origin.sailing.org/worldcup/events/palma-2012.php?rgtaid=10718&evntid=20181&nocache=1#results |archive-date=15 August 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120408233244/http://www.haaretz.com/news/sports/sailing-world-championships-fourth-place-finish-seals-silver-medal-for-kliger-sela-1.423183 Sailing / World Championships / Fourth-place finish seals silver medal for Kliger, Sela ] at ''Haaretz''</ref> From then they have been in a decline, only reaching 8th place at the 2012 470 World Championships<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://470worlds.sailti.com/ca/default/races/race-resultsall |title=470 World Championships - Barcelona 2012 - Results |access-date=22 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904140929/http://470worlds.sailti.com/ca/default/races/race-resultsall |archive-date=4 September 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and 15th place at the 2012 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/470-men/phase=sam005910/doc=summary.html |title=2012 Summer Olympics 470 Sailing Class Results |access-date=22 October 2012 |archive-date=30 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530111345/http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/470-men/phase%3Dsam005910/doc%3Dsummary.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==See also== *List of European Championships medalists in sailing

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{World Sailing|id=ISRES1|www=eran-sela}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{OCI profile}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sela, Eran}} Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople Category:Israeli male sailors (sport) Category:Jewish sailors (sport) Category:Olympic sailors for Israel Category:Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 470 Category:People from Hadera Category:Sportspeople from Haifa District Category:21st-century Israeli sportsmen