{{short description|Israeli sailor}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Eyal Levin | image = | caption = | nickname = | native_name = אייל לוין | native_name_lang = Heb | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|08|27}} | birth_place = Haifa, Israel | yearsactive = | height = 1.70 m<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/eyal-levine |title=Olympic |accessdate=2016-08-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806053952/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/eyal-levine |archivedate=2016-08-06 }}</ref> | weight = 60 kg (132 lbs)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/eyal-levine |title=Olympic |accessdate=2016-08-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806053952/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/eyal-levine |archivedate=2016-08-06 }}</ref> | website = | country = {{ISR}} | sport = Sailing | event = 470 | club = Sdot Yam Yacht Club<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.sailing.org/biog.php?unique=1471069340.4292&ID=ISREL1&js=1|title = Sailor Biography}}</ref> | turnedpro = | coach = Udi Gal<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.sailing.org/biog.php?unique=1471069340.4292&ID=ISREL1&js=1|title = Sailor Biography}}</ref> | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = | updated = }}
'''Eyal Levin''', sometimes written '''Eyal Levine'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/eyal-levine |title=Olympic |accessdate=2016-08-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806053952/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/eyal-levine |archivedate=2016-08-06 }}</ref> ({{langx|he|אייל לוין}}; born August 27, 1986) is an Israeli Olympic sailor.<ref>[http://www.sailracer.org/sailor_results.asp?sailor=Eyal%20LEVIN Eyal Levin - Results]</ref> He sails with Dan Froyliche.
==Early life== Levin's hometown, where he grew up, is Haifa, Israel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.sailing.org/biog.php?unique=1471069340.4292&ID=ISREL1&js=1|title = Sailor Biography}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/sailing-470-class-world-championships-life-revolves-around-the-sea-1.282068|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913171428/http://www.haaretz.com/sailing-470-class-world-championships-life-revolves-around-the-sea-1.282068|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 13, 2016|title = Sailing / 470 Class World Championships / 'Life Revolves Around the Sea'|newspaper = Haaretz}}</ref>
==Sailing career== Levin's sailing club is Sdot Yam Yacht Club, in Kibbutz Sdot Yam, Israel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.sailing.org/biog.php?unique=1471069340.4292&ID=ISREL1&js=1|title = Sailor Biography}}</ref> He is coached by Udi Gal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.sailing.org/biog.php?unique=1471069340.4292&ID=ISREL1&js=1|title = Sailor Biography}}</ref>
Levin started sailing and racing at the age of ten, and his first boat was an Optimist single-handed dinghy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.sailing.org/biog.php?unique=1471069340.4292&ID=ISREL1&js=1|title = Sailor Biography}}</ref> The main class that he sails in is the 470 4.7-metres-long double-handed dinghy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://members.sailing.org/biog.php?unique=1471069340.4292&ID=ISREL1&js=1|title = Sailor Biography}}</ref>
Levin competed four times in the U21 470 World Championships, placing 6th (2003), 4th (2005), 1st (2006), and 4th (2007) with Yam Amir. Levin manned the helm, while Amir was the crew.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/sailing-470-class-world-championships-life-revolves-around-the-sea-1.282068|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913171428/http://www.haaretz.com/sailing-470-class-world-championships-life-revolves-around-the-sea-1.282068|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 13, 2016|title = Sailing / 470 Class World Championships / 'Life Revolves Around the Sea'|newspaper = Haaretz}}</ref> In 2006, they placed 30th in the 470 European Championships, and in 2007 they placed 23rd. In 2008 they placed 8th in the Europeans, and 34th in the World Championships. In April 2009, they won the Spring Cup event in France.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/sailing-470-class-world-championships-life-revolves-around-the-sea-1.282068|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913171428/http://www.haaretz.com/sailing-470-class-world-championships-life-revolves-around-the-sea-1.282068|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 13, 2016|title = Sailing / 470 Class World Championships / 'Life Revolves Around the Sea'|newspaper = Haaretz}}</ref>
In 2015, Levin began to compete with Dan Froyliche. They placed 9th at the 470 M World Cup in June 2015, 23rd in the European Championships, and 24th in the 2015 World Championships in Haifa, earning a place as part of Team Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sailracer.org/sailor_results.asp?sailor=Dan%20Froyliche|title = SailRacer | Sailors}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Sports/Israeli-Olympic-profiles-Dan-Froyliche-and-Eyal-Levin-462836|title=Israeli Olympic profiles: Dan Froyliche and Eyal Levin}}</ref>
In 2016, they placed 12th in the Princess Sofia Trophy Regatta, and 26th in the World Championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Sports/Israeli-Olympic-profiles-Dan-Froyliche-and-Eyal-Levin-462836|title=Israeli Olympic profiles: Dan Froyliche and Eyal Levin}}</ref><ref>[https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Sports/Israeli-Olympic-profiles-Dan-Froyliche-and-Eyal-Levin-462836 Israeli Olympic Profiles: Dan-Froyliche and Eyal Levin]</ref>
They represented Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics in sailing in the Men's 470. They finished in 21st place.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sail-world.com/USA/Rio-2016---Brazil-clinches-49erFX-gold-by-just-two-seconds/147553|title = Rio 2016 - Brazil clinches 49erFX gold by just two seconds}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Levin, Eyal}} Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:Israeli male sailors (sport) Category:Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 470 Category:Olympic sailors for Israel Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople Category:Sportspeople from Haifa Category:21st-century Israeli sportsmen