Anat Lelior

Anat Lelior (; born April 29, 2000) is an Israeli surfer. She represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and finished 17th in the shortboard. Early life Lelior was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a Jewish family. Her mother is painter Eti Jacobi, and her father is Yochai Lelior. She began surfing at the age of 5 when her father would take her out to the Mediterranean Sea at the coasts of her hometown Tel Aviv. Her younger sister Noa Lelior is a professional surfer as well, and in 2015 she decided to take the family to surfing contests abroad instead of having her Bat Mitzvah party - which in turn spearheaded her older sister Anat to a bigger stage in surfing. Lelior's surfing club Galim is owned by Shlomi Eyni and Inbar. She serves as a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces. Surfing career Lelior was the 2018 World Surf League (WSL) Europe Pro Junior runner-up.