Yoav Cohen

Israeli windsurfer

Yoav Cohen

Personal information
Birth name| יואב כהן
Nationality| Israeli
Born|  (1999-08-30) 30 August 1999 (age 25)
Ganei Yehuda, Israel
Sailing career
Class| RS:X
Club| Sdot Yam Sailing Club
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals| 4th (2021)
World finals| 5th (2021)
Regional finals|  (2020)

Medal record

Men's Windsurfing
Representing  Israel
European Championships
| 2020 Vilamoura | RS:X

Updated on 13 August 2021

Yoav Cohen (Hebrew: יואב כהן; born 30 August 1999) is an Israeli windsurfer.[1] In 2020 he won the RS:X European Championships, and In 2021 he represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics and finished 4th in Men's RS:X.

## Biography

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His parents are Hananel and Isabel.[2] Cohen was born in Ganei Yehuda, Israel, where until he was two years old his family lived in a trailer.[2] He and his family then lived in kibbutz Kadima, and then in Caesarea, Israel.[2]

His sailing club is Sdot Yam Sailing Club.[1]

In 2013, at age 13, Cohen won the Techno 293 Under 15 World Championships in Sopot, Poland.[1][2]

Cohen was the 2017 youth world champion, after winning the 47th Youth Sailing World Championships in Sanya, China.[1]

He won the 2018 Medemblik Regatta (formerly Delta Lloyd Regatta) in Medemblik, the Netherlands.[1]

Cohen won the gold medal at the 2020 RS:X European Championships in Vilamoura, Portugal.[1]

He finished 5th at the 2021 RS:X World Championships in Cádiz, Spain.[1]

In 2021, Cohen represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics and finished 4th in Men's RS:X event.[3]

## See also

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* List of World Championships medalists in sailing (windsurfer classes)
* List of World Championships medalists in sailing (juniors and youth classes)
* List of European Championships medalists in sailing
* List of Jews in sports

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g "Yoav Cohen". sailing.org. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
2. ^ a b c d "Above the Wave: Yoav Cohen's Stormy Road to the Gold Medal Israel today". newsrnd.com.
3. ^ "Sailing: COHEN Yoav". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

## External links

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* Yoav Cohen at World Sailing
* Yoav Cohen at Olympics.com
* Yoav Cohen at Olympedia
* Yoav Cohen at the Olympic Committee of Israel (in Hebrew) (English translation)
* Yoav Cohen at The-Sports.org

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