Gal Fridman
Gal Fridman
Gal Fridmanis an Israeli windsurfer and Israel's only Olympic Gold Medalist. Fridman won a Bronze Medal in the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics, and his Gold Medal in the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics. He is the only Israeli athlete to win two Olympic Medals, and the firstOlympic Gold medalist in Israeli history. His first name, Gal, means "wave" in Hebrew...
ProfessionSurfer
Date of Birth16 September 1975
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(Sharon) said the whole country stopped for two hours at noon when the racing starts, ... Everyone was watching everywhere ? in the cafes, the restaurants, stores and houses. Everyone was just watching TV and waiting for the gold.
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It was like I was in a dream, completely cut off from everything else and totally focused,
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It was like I was in a dream, completely cut off from everything else and totally focused,
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Every Olympics we dream of hearing the anthem and seeing the flag. It's the top. I was feeling very proud and so happy to hear the people singing it. I sang as strong as I could, but nobody heard it because everybody was screaming.