Delila Hatuel

Delila Hatuel
Personal information
Birth name דלילה חטואל
Nationality Israeli
Born (1980-11-15) November 15, 1980
Acre, Israel
Height 160 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight 51 kg (112 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Israel
Sport Fencing
Event(s) Foil
Club Olympic Fencing Center Akko[1]
Coached by Haim Hatuel[1]
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking 9 (April 2008)[2]

Delila Hatuel (Hebrew: דלילה חטואל‎; born November 15, 1980) is an Israeli Olympic foil fencer.[3] She represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has been ranked as high as ninth in the world.

Biography

Hatuel is Jewish, and was born in Acre, Israel.[3][4] Her brother Maor Hatuel is also a fencer, as is her aunt, Lydia Hatuel-Zuckerman,[5][6] and her uncle, Yitzhak Hatuel.[6] Delila, her father, and Lydia train Jewish and Arab children in fencing at Acre's Olympic Fencing Center.[6]

Fencing career

Hatuel finished ninth in the team foil 1997 World Fencing Championships in Cape Town, South Africa, and eighth in the team foil 1998 European Fencing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.[7]

In July 2007, Hatuel finished sixth in individual foil at the European Fencing Championships, in Ghent, Belgium.[7][8] Throughout 2008, she finished in the top 10 in the Fencing World Cup circuit, and was ranked in the top 16 in the world.[8]

In April 2008, she was ranked 9th in the world in women's foil.[2] In July 2008, at the 2008 European Fencing Championships in Kiev, Ukraine, she defeated Olympic foil champion Valentina Vezzali, but injured her knee at the end of the bout. She finished seventh in individual foil in the tournament.[7]

Her injury included a torn anterior cruciate ligament, which had to be surgically repaired.[5][9] She underwent treatment in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center in Tzrifin, Israel, so that she would be well enough to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Exposure to oxygen under high pressure speeds up the body's natural healing process.[9]

Hatuel, then ranked 11th in the world, represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, in foil fencing.[3][6] She came in 19th, losing 10–9 to reigning world title holder Viktoriya Nikishina of Russia, who was part of the gold-medal winning Russian team.[3][10][11] Hatuel tied the match with less than a minute remaining, and was defeated in overtime.[12] Hatuel later said: "I'm sad, but this loss has nothing to do with my injury. I lost in a tight match."[13] However, a reporter for Haaretz said "it seems that Hatuel's knee injury was agonizing".[12] Hatuel said she would be undergoing further surgery and hoped to participate at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.[12]

In 2009, she won the gold medal at the 2009 Maccabiah Games in women's foil.[14]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Baku 2015 1St European Games – Athletes – HATUEL Delila". Baku 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Fencing Ranking: Delila HATUEL". Nahouw.net. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Delila Hatuel Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. August 11, 2008. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Jews in the Olympics: 63 Athletes, 7 Countries". Jewishinstlouis.org. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  5. 1 2 Talshir, Uri (September 21, 2011). "Fencing / Living by the sword". Haaretz. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Teddy Fassberg (June 13, 2008). "Double-edged foil". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  7. 1 2 3 "Hatuel Delila – Biography". European Fencing Confederation. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  8. 1 2 Sinai, Allon (July 16, 2008). "Guide to Israel's Olympic Team: Delila Hatuel". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  9. 1 2 Judy Siegal-Itzkovich. "Health Scan; Defeating the Disease". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Beijing: Fencer Delilah Hatuel ousted from Olympic race". Ynetnews. November 8, 2008. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  11. ↑ "Israel at the Olympics; Israeli team secures victories in swimming, sailing, tennis; Peer-Obziler match cancelled due to rain". Ynet. November 8, 2008. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  12. 1 2 3 Hipsh, Rami (August 21, 2010). "Peer pulls through to next stage". Haaretz. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  13. ↑ Miki Sagui and Sa'ar Haas (November 8, 2008). "Beijing: Swimmer Alon Mandel sets new national record". Ynetnews. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  14. ↑

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