Vered Buskila in action
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Meet the Olympic team: Vered Buskila
Introducing: Israeli Olympic sailor in Women's 420, 470 Class Two-Person Dinghy
Ynetnews and Israel21C offer a quick introduction of the young men and women who hope to win Israel the Olympic gold at the London 2012 Games.
Meet Vered Buskila, 29: At the age of 15 she won the women's world 420 yachting championship in Greece. In 2001, Buskila and partner Nike Korneck won the European Championships bronze medal – an achievement she repeated in 2004. In 2005, they won European Championships silver in the Women's 470 Class Two-Person Dinghy race. She also competed for Israel in the 2000 Athens Games and the 2008 Beijing Games.
