{{Short description|Israeli sailor}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Shani Kedmi | image = | image_size = | caption = | native_name = שני קדמי | native_name_lang = Hebrew | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = {{ISR}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|7|20}} | birth_place = Tel Aviv, Israel | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|death year|death month|death day|birth year|birth month|birth day}} --> | death_place = | height = {{convert|5|ft|2.5|in|cm|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|128|lb|kg|abbr=on}} | classes = 470 | club = Hapoel Tel Aviv | collegeteam = | coach = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = yes | updated = }}
'''Shani Kedmi''' ({{Langx|he|שני קדמי}}; born July 20, 1977) is an Israeli former Olympic competitive sailor.<ref name="sports-reference.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/shani-kedmi-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418030736/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/shani-kedmi-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Shani Kedmi Bio, Stats, and Results|publisher=}}</ref>
==Early and personal life== She was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, and is Jewish.<ref name="sports-reference.com"/><ref name="jewsinsports.org">{{Cite web |url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?ID=120 |title=</head> <body> </body> </HTML> <head> Kedmi, Shani: Jews in Sports @ Virtual Museum |access-date=2016-08-22 |archive-date=2016-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505072920/http://jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?ID=120 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Her daughter with her husband Eli Zuckerman, who competed for Israel in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and came in 13th in the Men's Two Person Dinghy in a model 470 sailboat with Eldad Ronen, is Gal Zuckerman, who competed for Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Women's Formula Kite in Marseille, France, and came in eighth.<ref>[https://www-davar1-co-il.translate.goog/367862/?_x_tr_sl=iw&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc "I float above the water": Gal Zuckerman is Israel's Olympic hope in the Kate Foyle model,"] ''Davar''.</ref><ref>[https://www-ynet-co-il.translate.goog/sport/article/one400879?_x_tr_sl=iw&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc&_x_tr_hist=true "At his request: Eli Zuckerman will not deal with the Kate Foyle model,"] ''Ynet''.</ref><ref>[https://www-one-co-il.translate.goog/Article/442602.html?_x_tr_sl=iw&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc "Want two Olympic medals, that's our goal"; The Professional Director of the Sailing Association, Eli Zuckerman, before the World Championship: "Israeli windsurfers are the best in the world." The success of his daughter, the coaches, Spichkov and the goals,"] ''One''.</ref>
==Sailing career== Kedmi began competing in sailing at the age of 15.<ref name="jewsinsports.org"/> Her club was Hapoel Tel Aviv.<ref name="sports-reference.com"/> When she participated in the Olympics she was {{convert|5|ft|2.5|in|cm|0|abbr=on}} tall, and weighed {{convert|128|lb|kg|abbr=on}}.<ref name="sports-reference.com"/>
She and Anat Fabrikant placed 8th at the 1995 European Championships in the 470 competition.<ref name="jewsinsports.org"/>
Kedmi represented Israel at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, at the age of 19 in Sailing—Women's Two Person Dinghy 470 event with Fabrikant, and came in 12th.<ref name="sports-reference.com"/><ref name="jewsinsports.org"/>
In 1999, Kedmi and Fabrikant won a silver medal at the Holland Regatta, won a bronze medal representing Israel at the 1999 Summer Universiade, placed 4th at both the European and World Championships, and were ranked No. 2 in the world.<ref name="jewsinsports.org"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sailracer.org/sailor_results.asp?sailor=Shani%20KEDMI|title=Shani KEDMI Results for sailing events and championships|last=SailRacer|publisher=}}</ref> In 2000 they finished 6th at the 2000 European Championships.<ref name="jewsinsports.org"/>
Kedmi represented Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, at the age of 23 in Sailing—Women's Two Person Dinghy 470 event with Fabrikant, and came in 4th, two points behind the bronze medal-winning team from Ukraine.<ref name="sports-reference.com"/><ref name="jewsinsports.org"/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uCN1CQAAQBAJ|title=Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement|first1=John|last1=Grasso|first2=Bill|last2=Mallon|first3=Jeroen|last3=Heijmans|date= 2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781442248601|via=}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kedmi, Shani}} Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:Israeli female sailors (sport) Category:Olympic sailors for Israel Category:Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – 470 Category:Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – 470 Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople Category:Jewish sailors (sport) Category:Sportspeople from Tel Aviv