Michal Lamdani

Michal Lamdani
Personal information
Native name
מיכל למדני
Full nameMichal Lamdani-Cohen
NationalityIsraeli
Born (1944-12-05) December 5, 1944 (age 81)
Height5 ft 7.5 in (171 cm)
Weight141 lb (64 kg)
Sport
SportTrack & field
Event
High jump
Achievements and titles
National finals
Israeli national high jump champion (1960-66, 1968)

Michal Lamdani (Hebrew: מיכל למדני; born December 5, 1944), also Michal Lamdani-Cohen, is an Israeli former Olympic high jumper, eight-time Israeli champion, and former Maccabiah Games gold medal winner.

She was born in Israel, and is Jewish.

High jumping career

Lamdani was the Israeli Women's high jump champion in 1960–66, and in 1968 (as Michal Cohen), with a best jump of 3.65 metres.

Lamdani competed for Israel at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, at the age of 19. In the Women's High Jump she tied for 19th out of 26 competitors, with a best height cleared of 1.65 metres. When she competed in the Olympics, she was 5 ft 7.5 in (171 cm) tall and weighed 141 lb (64 kg).

She competed for Israel at the 1965 Maccabiah Games, winning a gold medal in the high jump.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Michal Lamdani Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Lamdani, Michal"
  3. ↑ "Israeli Championships". gbrathletics.com.
  4. ↑ Galily, Yair; Ben-Porat, Amir (2013). Sport, Politics and Society in the Land of Israel: Past and Present. Routledge. ISBN 9781317967910.
  5. ↑ "Page 15". The San Bernardino County Sun.