Anat Lelior
Israeli surfer
About Anat Lelior
Born 2000. Anat Lelior is an Israeli surfer.
2018–21; World Surf League Europe Pro Junior runner-up Lelior was the 2018 World Surf League (WSL) Europe Pro Junior runner-up. She won the gold medal in the 2018 Caparica Junior Pro in Portugal, the silver medal in the Caparica Pro, and bronze medals in the Junior Pro Espinho in Portugal, Junior Pro Biscarrosse in France, and Junior Pro Sopela in Spain.
In 2019, she won the Burton Automotive Pro International Trials in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia at Surfest. Lelior also won the 2019 Deeply Pro Anglet, a WSL Qualifying Series (QS) 1,500 event at Chambre d’Amour in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France, defeating Australian Isabella Nichols in the final, and moving Lelior to third in the European rankings.
In 2021 she won a bronze medal in the Estrella Galicia Caparica Surf Fest in Spain.
She represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics and competed in the Women's shortboard in July 2021, at the Shidashita Beach, located about 40 miles (64 km) outside of Tokyo in Chiba, as she was released from her Israel Defense Forces service to compete in the Games. Surfing with a bad hip injury, which later required surgery, she came in 17th.
She said: "It’s an amazing event.... It’s so nice seeing how surfing connects everybody ... on one love that is surfing... Everybody is a person, it doesn’t matter if he has the flag of Iran behind his back... or the Israeli flag. It doesn’t matter because we are all surfers and it breaks all boundaries... I have friends from Fiji, Costa Rica, and Iran."
In November 2022, Lelior won the silver medal in the Alaïa Open Winter Cup in Switzerland. She also won the gold medal in women's surfing at the 2022 Maccabiah Games in Israel.
In March 2024 Lelior came in 6th in the 2024 World Championships in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. It was the best ranking ever by an Israeli surfer in the World Championships.
2024 Paris Olympics Lelior represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in surfing in Women's shortboard, in Teahupo'o reef pass, Tahiti, French Polynesia. In Round 2, which was direct elimination, she defeated Spain's Janire Gonzalez-Etxabarri by a total heat score of 11.00 to 2.80. In Round 3 she was defeated by Australia's Tyler Wright, and came in ninth.
Don’t just read it —
keep it.
Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.
- E-book
- Audio
- Video
Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free
Important facts
People in Anat Lelior's life
Named in this biography and alive at the same time
Contemporaries
People whose lives overlapped Anat Lelior's
Frequently asked questions
Who is Anat Lelior?
Israeli surfer
When was Anat Lelior born?
Anat Lelior was born on 29 April 2000 in Tel Aviv.
What is Anat Lelior's occupation?
Anat Lelior is a surfer.
What nationality is Anat Lelior?
Anat Lelior is Israeli.
Sources & further reading
Cite this page
APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Anat Lelior. https://biography.guide/anat-lelior/
MLA: "Anat Lelior." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/anat-lelior/.
Chicago: "Anat Lelior." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/anat-lelior/.
Data last updated: 2026-09-25 · Spot an error? Report a correction.
Page generated 2026-09-27 05:12 UTC