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Gal Fridman

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Gal Fridman (or Friedman, Hebrew: גל פרידמן; born September 16, 1975) is an Israeli windsurfer and Israel's first Olympic gold medalist. Fridman won a bronze medal in the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics, and a gold medal in the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics. He is the first of two Israelis athletes to win two Olympic Medals, and the first Olympic Gold medalist in Israeli history. His first name, Gal, means "wave" in Hebrew. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gal Fridman is the 3,075th most popular athlete (down from 2,929th in 2019), the 381st most popular biography from Israel (up from 385th in 2019) and the most popular Israeli Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gal Fridman ranks 3,075 out of 6,025. Before him are Donato Sabia, Arnaldo Mesa, Sergei Tchepikov, Vyacheslav Voronin, Günther Huber, and Michael Hadschieff. After him are Ilya Markov, Mark Todd, Niels van der Zwan, Agostino Abbagnale, Igor Malkov, and Gunn Margit Andreassen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Gal Fridman ranks 535. Before him are Ameesha Patel, Diane Morgan, Johnny Whitworth, Kim Jung Gi, Aitor González, and Ihsahn. After him are Natalia Verbeke, Risto Jussilainen, Lisa Miskovsky, Magnus Petersson, Bisco Hatori, and Marcos Alberto Skavinski.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Gal Fridman ranks 381 out of 466. Before him are Viktor Tsyhankov (1997), Dafna Dekel (1966), Adam Neumann (1979), Idan Raichel (1977), Nathan Seiberg (1956), and Zeev Suraski (1976). After him are Tamar Zandberg (1976), Assi Azar (1979), Gai Assulin (1991), Noa Kirel (2001), Ivri Lider (1974), and Daniel Peretz (2000).

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Among ATHLETES In Israel

Among athletes born in Israel, Gal Fridman ranks 1. After him are Zhang Ling (null), Shahar Tzuberi (1986), Shira Rishony (1991), Raz Hershko (1998), Avishag Semberg (2001), Baruch Shmailov (1994), Gili Sharir (1999), Nicol Zelikman (2001), Maor Tiyouri (1990), Alexander Bachmann (1994), and Katy Spychakov (1999).

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