Shimshon Brokman

Shimshon Brokman (also "Brockman"; ; born 16 September 1957) is an Israeli former Olympic sailor. Brokman and Eitan Friedlander won the 1972 420 International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU) Youth Sailing World Championship in West Germany, the gold medals in the 1979 470 European Championships in Spain and the 1980 420 World Championship in France, and a bronze medal in 1983 at the 470 World Championships.

Early and personal life He was born in Kibbutz Rosh Hanikra, Israel, and is Jewish. Brokman's father represented Israel in two world championship sailing competitions.

Brokman graduated from the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa, Israel, in 1975, received his B.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa in 1983, his M.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering from Technion in 1987, and an Executive MBA from Tel Aviv University in 2006. In 1974 they won the bronze medal in the same event. Brokman and Eitan Friedlander won the 1976 European 420 Championship in Ireland.

In the 1980 420 World Championships in Quiberon, France, Brokman and Eitan Friedlander won the gold medal. In the 1980 470 World Championships, they came in 5th.

Brockman and Friedlander were set to compete in the 470 sailing event at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, but did not because Israel joined in the US-led boycott of the Olympics prompted by the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan.

Brokman competed for Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 26 in Sailing. When he competed in the Olympics he was tall, and weighed .

Career after sailing He has worked for Israel Electric Corporation since 1988, from 2006 as Head of the Fuel Management Department.