Ai Yoshida

{{Short description|Japanese sailor (born 1980)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Ai Yoshida | image = | image_size = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = Ai Kondo | full_name = Ai Kondo Yoshida | nickname = | nationality = Japanese | birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|5 November 1980}} | birth_place = [[Hachiōji]], Japan | death_date =  | death_place = | spouse = [[Yugo Yoshida]] | height = | weight = | classes = [[470]] | club = | collegeteam = | coach = | updated = March 2021 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport |Women's [[sailing (sport)|sailing]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{JPN}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold|[[2018 ISAF Sailing World Championships|2018 Aarhus]]|Women's 470}} {{MedalSilver|[[470 World Championships|2006 Rizhao]]|Women's 470}} {{MedalSilver|[[470 World Championships|2019 Enoshima]]|Women's 470}} {{MedalGold|[[Female Snipe World Championship|2025 Enoshima]]|Women's Snipe}} {{MedalCompetition | [[Sailing at the Asian Games|Asian Games]] }} {{MedalGold | [[Sailing at the 2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]] | [[Sailing at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 470|Women's 470]] }} {{MedalGold | [[Sailing at the 2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]] | [[Sailing at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's 470|Women's 470]] }} {{MedalGold | [[Sailing at the 2018 Asian Games|2018 Jakarta-Palembang]] | [[Sailing at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's 470|Women's 470]] }} | show-medals = yes }}

{{nihongo|'''Ai Kondo Yoshida'''|吉田(近藤) 愛|Yoshida (Kondō) Ai|born 5 November 1980}} is a Japanese sports sailor.{{refn|{{cite web|title=Ai Kondo|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/kondo-ai-1020779/|work=London 2012|publisher=The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited|accessdate=13 September 2012|archive-date=11 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911225828/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/kondo-ai-1020779/|url-status=dead}}|name = OlympicBotGeneratedRef}}<ref name="Olympicsorg">{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/sailing/470-two-person-dinghy-w |title=Women's 470 Two Person Dinghy at the 2012 Summer Olympics |author= |website=www.olympic.org |publisher=IOC |accessdate=26 August 2013}}</ref>

At the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], she competed in the women's [[470 (dinghy)|470]] class with [[Naoko Kamata]], finishing in 14th place.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/beijing-2008/sailing/470-two-person-dinghy-w|title = Beijing 2008 - Sailing - Women's 470|date = |accessdate = 8 January 2015|website = www.olympic.org|publisher = IOC|last = |first = }}</ref> At the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], she competed in the same event, finishing in 14th place again, with her teammate this time being [[Wakako Tabata]].<ref name="Olympicsorg" /> At the [[2016 Summer Olympics]], she competed in the same event with [[Miho Yoshioka]], finishing in 5th place.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference}}</ref> At the [[2020 Summer Olympics]], she competed in the same event with [[Miho Yoshioka]], finishing in 7th place.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference}}</ref>

For the 2006 Women's [[470 World Championships]], Yoshida teamed up with [[Naoko Kamata]] winning silver. For the 2018 Women's 470 World Championships, Yoshida teamed up with Miho Yoshioka winning gold. For the 2019 Women's 470 World Championships, Yoshida teamed up with Miho Yoshioka again, winning silver.

For the 2025 [[Female Snipe World Championship]], Yoshida teamed up with [[Honoka Miura]] winning gold.

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{World Sailing|id=JPNAK3|www=ai-kondo-yoshida|name=Ai Kondo Yoshida}} * {{Olympedia|117741|Ai Kondo-Yoshida}} * {{Olympics.com profile|ai-kondo-yoshida|Ai Kondo Yoshida|org_archive=20190422204007}} * {{Olympics.com profile|ai-kondo|Ai Kondo|org_archive=20190825053513}}

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