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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 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Gal Fridman is the 3,121st most popular athlete (down from 2,888th in 2024), the 397th most popular biography from Israel (down from 385th in 2019) and the most popular Israeli Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gal Fridman ranks 3,121 out of 6,025. Before him are Arnaldo Mesa, Sergei Tchepikov, Attila Adrovicz, Vyacheslav Voronin, Günther Huber, and Michael Hadschieff. After him are Ilya Markov, Mark Todd, Andreas Stähle, Beate Schramm, Niels van der Zwan, and Agostino Abbagnale.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Gal Fridman ranks 567. 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 397 out of 466. Before him are Adania Shibli (1974), Adam Neumann (1979), Idan Raichel (1977), Nathan Seiberg (1956), Zeev Suraski (1976), and Einat Kalisch-Rotem (1970). After him are Tamar Zandberg (1976), Assi Azar (1979), Mansour Abbas (1974), Gai Assulin (1991), Noa Kirel (2001), and Gilad Atzmon (1963).

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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), Tom Reuveny (2000), Nicol Zelikman (2001), Maor Tiyouri (1990), and Alexander Bachmann (1994).

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