{{short description|Israeli windsurfer}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Maayan Davidovich | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | birth_name = מעין דוידוביץ | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1988|5|21}} | birth_place = Herzliya, Israel | death_date = | death_place = | height = 5 ft 6 in | weight = 128 lb | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | country = Israel | sport = Sailing | event = Windsurfing | collegeteam = | club = Hapoel Tel Aviv | team = | turnedpro = | coach = Gal Friedman | retired = | coaching = | worlds = {{World3}} <small>(2013, 2014)</small> | regionals = {{Eur2}} <small>(2012)</small> | nationals = | olympics = 7th <small>(2016)</small> | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates= {{MedalSport | Women's sailing}} {{MedalCountry | {{ISR}} }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalBronze | 2013 Buzios | RS:X }} {{MedalBronze | 2014 Santander | RS:X }} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalSilver | 2012 Portugal | RS:X}} }} '''Maayan Davidovich''' ({{langx|he|מעין דוידוביץ'}}; born May 21, 1988) is an Israeli Olympic windsurfer.<ref name="sports-reference1">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/maayan-davidovich-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418105148/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/maayan-davidovich-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Maayan Davidovich |accessdate=November 13, 2011}}</ref>
==Biography== Davidovich is Jewish, and her hometown is Herzliya, Israel.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jewishinstlouis.org/page.aspx?id=181152 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407023958/http://www.jewishinstlouis.org/page.aspx?id=181152 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 7, 2012 |title=Jews in the Olympics: 63 Athletes, 7 Countries |publisher=Jewishinstlouis.org |access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref><ref name="sailing1">{{cite web|url=http://www.sailing.org/biog.php?id=ISRMD1 |title=Maayan Davidovich |publisher=Sailing.org |date= |access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref> She competes with the club Hapoel Tel Aviv.<ref name="sports-reference1"/>
She started sailing at the age of five, and surfing at 13. Her parents enjoy watersports, and her brothers and twin sister were all windsurfing champions.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Breakfast Clun|url=https://www.haaretz.com/the-breakfast-club-1.251340|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818070619/http://www.haaretz.com/the-breakfast-club-1.251340|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 18, 2016|publisher=Haaretz|access-date=23 July 2016|date=7 August 2008}}</ref> She made her international competitive debut in the 1999 Optimist European Championships, in Greece.<ref name="sailing1"/>
In July 2005, she came in fourth in the Mistral – Women 35th Volvo Youth Sailing International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World Championship, in Busan, Korea.<ref name="sailing1"/> In July 2006, she won a silver medal at the RS:X – Women Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship, in Weymouth, Great Britain.<ref name="sailing1"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bymnews.com/new/content/view/34362/48/ |title=China. Olympic Test Event: French team dominates in three events in Qingdao |author= Luissa Smith |publisher=bymnews.com |date=August 24, 2006 |access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bymnews.com/new/content/view/32700/48/ |title=UK. Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World: Italy takes Volvo Trophy; Laura Linares RS:X fleet gold |author=Myrrh Walker & Sophie Luther |publisher=bymnews.com |date=July 21, 2006 |access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref> In 2007, she finished 15th in the European Championships.<ref name="theisraelproject1">{{cite web|url=http://www.theisraelproject.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=hsJPK0PIJpH&b=689705&ct=5853465&printmode=1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912111811/http://www.theisraelproject.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=hsJPK0PIJpH&b=689705&ct=5853465&printmode=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 12, 2012 |year=2009 |title=Israel at the Olympics |publisher=The Israel Project |access-date=November 13, 2011 }}</ref>
She competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics at the age of 19 in Beijing, China, in the women's sailboard windsurfing event, and came in 10th.<ref name="sports-reference1"/><ref name="theisraelproject1"/>
In June 2009, she came in seventh in the RS:X – Women European Championship, in Tel Aviv, Israel.<ref name="sailing1"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-s-shahar-zubari-wins-european-windsurfing-championship-1.278462 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519183943/http://www.haaretz.com/israel-s-shahar-zubari-wins-european-windsurfing-championship-1.278462 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 19, 2016 |author= Rami Hipsh|title= Israel's Shahar Zubari wins European windsurfing championship |publisher=Haaretz |date=June 20, 2009|access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref> In May 2011, she came in fourth in the RS:X – Women Delta Lloyd Regatta, in Medemblik, The Netherlands.<ref name="sailing1"/>
In both 2013 (when she was ranked 10th in the world in December) and 2014 (when she was ranked 14th in the world), she was the ISAF Worlds RS:X bronze medalist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2014/09/24/olympic-sailors-compete-prize-purse-us200000/|title=Olympic sailors to compete for prize purse of US$200,000|work=Scuttlebutt Sailing News|date=24 September 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2014/09/23/gap-narrowing-isaf-sailor-rankings-reality/|title=Gap narrowing between ISAF Sailor rankings and reality|work=Scuttlebutt Sailing News|date=23 September 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-windsurfer-takes-gold-in-world-cup-event/|title=Israeli windsurfer takes gold in World Cup event|work=The Times of Israel}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishnews.net.au/windsurfer-claims-third-world-championship/30085|title=Windsurfer claims third world championship|work=The Australian Jewish News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://members.sailing.org/biog.php?unique=1431496572.3514&includeref=membbiog&memberid=43460&js=1|title=ISAF – World Sailing – Sailor Biography|work=sailing.org}}</ref>
She represented Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics, coming in 7th place in the RS:X.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/sports/2016-08-22/ty-article/.premium/mixed-fortunes-in-olympics-do-not-bode-well-for-future-of-israeli-sport/0000017f-f790-d318-afff-f7f345c00000 |title=Mixed fortunes in Olympics do not bode well for future of Israeli sport - Sports |publisher=Haaretz.com |date=2016-08-22 |access-date=2019-10-24}}</ref>
==See also== *List of World Championships medalists in sailing (juniors and youth classes)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{sports links}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Davidovich, Maayan}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Israeli windsurfers Category:Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – RS:X Category:Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – RS:X Category:Olympic sailors for Israel Category:Israeli female sailors (sport) Category:Jewish sailors (sport) Category:21st-century Israeli Jews Category:Sportspeople from Herzliya Category:Israeli twins Category:Female windsurfers Category:21st-century Israeli sportswomen