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Aleh is Jewish,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsportsreview.com/olympics_2012.html |title=. |publisher=Jewish Sports Review |date= |accessdate=7 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Goldberg |first=Dan |url=http://www.jta.org/2012/08/10/news-opinion/world/gold-for-new-zealand-jewish-sailor-jo-aleh |title=Gold for New Zealand Jewish sailor Jo Aleh |publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=10 August 2012 |accessdate=7 April 2014}}</ref> and was born in [[Auckland]], daughter of Israeli father Shuki Shukrun and British-born mother Daniella Aleh, a former Israeli soldier.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/jo-aleh-1.html |title=Jo Aleh Biography and Olympic Results| Olympics at |publisher=Sports-reference.com |date= |accessdate=7 April 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408223957/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/jo-aleh-1.html |archivedate= 8 April 2014 |df= }}</ref><ref name="interfaithfamily" /> She lives in Auckland where she began a degree in Mechanical Engineering at [[University of Auckland]]. But then sailing got in the way, and she moved on to [[Auckland University of Technology|AUT]] to continue her engineering degree, but then found it too hard to fit sailing and university, so she is currently studying a Bachelor of Information Science at [[Massey University]] extramurally.<ref name="sailing" /> |
Aleh is Jewish,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsportsreview.com/olympics_2012.html |title=. |publisher=Jewish Sports Review |date= |accessdate=7 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Goldberg |first=Dan |url=http://www.jta.org/2012/08/10/news-opinion/world/gold-for-new-zealand-jewish-sailor-jo-aleh |title=Gold for New Zealand Jewish sailor Jo Aleh |publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=10 August 2012 |accessdate=7 April 2014}}</ref> and was born in [[Auckland]], daughter of Israeli father Shuki Shukrun and British-born mother Daniella Aleh, a former Israeli soldier.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/jo-aleh-1.html |title=Jo Aleh Biography and Olympic Results| Olympics at |publisher=Sports-reference.com |date= |accessdate=7 April 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408223957/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/jo-aleh-1.html |archivedate= 8 April 2014 |df= }}</ref><ref name="interfaithfamily" /> She lives in Auckland where she began a degree in Mechanical Engineering at [[University of Auckland]]. But then sailing got in the way, and she moved on to [[Auckland University of Technology|AUT]] to continue her engineering degree, but then found it too hard to fit sailing and university, so she is currently studying a Bachelor of Information Science at [[Massey University]] extramurally.<ref name="sailing" /> |
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Aleh was made a Member of the [[New Zealand Order of Merit]] in the 2013 New Year's Honours, for her services to sailing.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/1121 |title= New Year Honours List 2013 |publisher= Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |date= 31 December 2012 |accessdate= 31 December 2012}}</ref> |
Aleh was made a Member of the [[New Zealand Order of Merit]] in the 2013 New Year's Honours, for her services to sailing.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/1121 |title= New Year Honours List 2013 |publisher= Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |date= 31 December 2012 |accessdate= 31 December 2012 |deadurl= yes |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20130101160253/http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/1121 |archivedate= 1 January 2013 |df= dmy-all }}</ref> |
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==Sailing career== |
==Sailing career== |
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| Nickname | Jox[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 May 1986 Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 127 lb (58 kg)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | teamjollyracing.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sailing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Olivia Powrie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class | Women's 470 dinghy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | RNZYS, Takapuna Boating Club, Auckland, New Zealand[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Nathan Handley[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joanna Ayela Aleh, MNZM (born 15 May 1986) is a New Zealand sailor.[1][3] She is a national champion, a former world champion, and an Olympic gold medallist.
Aleh competes in the two-woman 470 dinghy, a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, centre sheeting and length overall of 4.70 metres.[1]
Early and personal life
Aleh is Jewish,[4][5] and was born in Auckland, daughter of Israeli father Shuki Shukrun and British-born mother Daniella Aleh, a former Israeli soldier.[2][3] She lives in Auckland where she began a degree in Mechanical Engineering at University of Auckland. But then sailing got in the way, and she moved on to AUT to continue her engineering degree, but then found it too hard to fit sailing and university, so she is currently studying a Bachelor of Information Science at Massey University extramurally.[1]
Aleh was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2013 New Year's Honours, for her services to sailing.[6]
Sailing career
Just before her ninth birthday, Aleh was impressed by the New Zealand victory in the 1995 America's Cup, and asked her father if she could learn to sail. She did a learn to sail course at the Ponsonby Cruising Club and with the help of her extended family a small sailing dinghy was purchased. She began her competitive career at the age of 11 in an Optimist.[1] Her first competition event was the Auckland Anniversary Regatta, for Kohimarama YC, in 1998.[1]
She then made sailing history as the first female to win the Tanner Cup since its inception in 1945. This highly contested interprovincial competition is sailed in P-class yachts.
She won the Auckland Optimist Girls' Championship in 2000, in Kohimarama YC.[1] Her first international competition was the 2002 Cork Regatta, in Kingston, Canada, in the Byte Class, where she won both the Youth and Open divisions,[1] then moved onto the youth classes (under 18) and competed at two ISAF Youth World Championships, finishing with a Silver medal in her final year.
Aleh then began the road to Beijing, competing in the Laser Radial class (women's single handed class) with a string of successful results including a World Cup event win, and a Silver medal at the Pre-Olympic Test Event in Qingdao, China.
In 2007, she won the 420 World Championships at Takapuna, sailing with Olivia "Polly" Powrie.[1]
She then competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Women's one-person dinghy, coming seventh.[2]
Aleh and her sailing partner Olivia Polly Powrie won a silver medal in the 470 World Championships in the 2010 ISAF Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands, and a bronze medal in the 470 World Championships in the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Perth, Australia. She and Powrie finished fourth at the Barcelona World Championships in May 2012, won the women's 470 class in the World Cup in Weymouth, England, in June 2012, and are the current New Zealand 470 national champions.[3]
In August 2012 she and Powrie won the gold medal in the 470 class at the Olympics Games in Weymouth and Portland, England.
In August 2013, exactly a year after winning their Olympic gold medal, Aleh and Powrie won the world title at the 2013 470 World Championships in La Rochelle, France.[7]
Aleh's highest world rankings have been No. 1 in the Women's Laser Radial (5 March 2008), and No. 1 in the Women's 470 (2013).[1] She now primarily sails a 470[1] with the Auckland yacht club known as the Takapuna Boating Club.[1] Her coach since 2009 has been Nathan Handley.[1]
She is a life member of the Kohimarama Yacht Club, Takapuna Boating Club and Yachting New Zealand, and is a current member of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.
Aleh trialled with Team Brunel before the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race but was not selected and instead joined consultancy firm Ernst & Young.[8]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "ISAF: Sailor Biography". Sailing.org. 15 May 1986. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Jo Aleh Biography and Olympic Results| Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c Bloom, Nate. "Interfaith Celebrities: Batman and the Olympics". InterfaithFamily.com. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ . Jewish Sports Review http://www.jewishsportsreview.com/olympics_2012.html. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
{{cite web}}:|url=missing title (help) - ^ Goldberg, Dan (10 August 2012). "Gold for New Zealand Jewish sailor Jo Aleh". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ "New Year Honours List 2013". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ NZ yachties add world title to Olympic gold, 11 August 2013, Stuff.co.nz
- ^ http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11929070
External links
- Jo Aleh at World Sailing (archive)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jo Aleh". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014.
- 1986 births
- New Zealand Jews
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Auckland
- Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial
- Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 470
- Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 470
- Olympic sailors of New Zealand
- New Zealand female sailors (sport)
- University of Auckland alumni
- Olympic gold medalists for New Zealand in sailing
- Olympic silver medalists for New Zealand
- New Zealand people of British descent
- New Zealand people of Israeli descent
- Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- ISAF World Sailor of the Year (female)
- World champions in the 470
- Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron sailors
- World champions in the 420
- New Zealand sportswomen
- World champions in sailing for New Zealand