# Michal Lamdani

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'''Michal Lamdani''' ({{langx|he|מיכל למדני}}; born December 5, 1944), also '''Michal Lamdani-Cohen''', is an Israeli former Olympic [high jump](/source/high_jump)er, eight-time Israeli champion, and former [Maccabiah Games](/source/Maccabiah_Games) [gold medal](/source/gold_medal) winner.<ref name="sports-reference.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/michal-lamdani-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418050951/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/michal-lamdani-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Michal Lamdani Bio, Stats, and Results|publisher=sports-reference.com}}</ref>

She was born in Israel, and is Jewish.<ref>[http://www.jewsinsports.org/Olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=434 "Lamdani, Michal"]</ref>

==High jumping career==
Lamdani was the Israeli Women's high jump champion in 1960–66, and in 1968 (as Michal Cohen), with a best jump of 3.65 metres.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/isr.htm|title=Israeli Championships|publisher=gbrathletics.com}}</ref>

Lamdani competed for [Israel at the 1964 Summer Olympics](/source/Israel_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics) in Tokyo, Japan, at the age of 19.<ref name="sports-reference.com"/> In the [Women's High Jump](/source/Athletics_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_high_jump) she tied for 19th out of 26 competitors, with a best height cleared of 1.65 metres.<ref name="sports-reference.com"/> When she competed in the Olympics, she was {{convert|5|ft|7.5|in|cm|0|abbr=on}} tall and weighed {{convert|141|lb|kg|abbr=on}}.<ref name="sports-reference.com"/>

She competed for Israel at the [1965 Maccabiah Games](/source/1965_Maccabiah_Games), winning a [gold medal](/source/gold_medal) in the high jump.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ar3hAQAAQBAJ&dq=Michal+Lamdani&pg=PA13|title=Sport, Politics and Society in the Land of Israel: Past and Present|first1=Yair|last1=Galily|first2=Amir|last2=Ben-Porat|date=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317967910|via=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/53989375/|title= Page 15|work=The San Bernardino County Sun}}</ref>

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