{{short description|Israeli sailor}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Elad Ronen | image = | image_size = | caption = | native_name = אלעד רונן | native_name_lang = Hebrew | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = {{ISR}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|9|4}} | birth_place = Tiberias, Israel | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|death year|death month|death day|birth year|birth month|birth day}} --> | death_place = | height = {{convert|6|ft|1.5|in|cm|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|168|lb|kg|abbr=on}} | classes = *Laser II *Men's 420 Two-Person Dinghy *Men's 470 Two-Person Dinghy | club = | collegeteam = | coach = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = yes | updated = }} '''Elad Ronen''' ({{langx|he|אלעד רונן}}; born September 4, 1976) is an Israeli competitive sailor.<ref name="sports-reference.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/elad-ronen-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418030746/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/elad-ronen-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Elad Ronen Bio, Stats, and Results|publisher=}}</ref> He was born in Tiberias, Israel.<ref name="sports-reference.com"/> When Ronen competed in the Olympics he was {{convert|6|ft|1.5|in|cm|abbr=on}} tall, and weighed {{convert|168|lb|kg|abbr=on}}.<ref name="sports-reference.com"/>
==Sailing career== In 1991 Ronen came in 4th in 420 in the IYRU Youth Sailing World Championships, in Largs, Scotland.<ref name="sailing.org">{{cite web|url=https://members.sailing.org/biog.php?unique=1472370047.1243&memberid=119424&js=1|title=Sailor Biography – Elad Ronen|publisher=sailing.org}}</ref>
In 1993 he won the gold medal in Laser II in the IYRU Youth Sailing World Championships, in Lake Garda, Italy.<ref name="sailing.org"/> In 1995 Ronen won the gold medal in the 470 Open Junior World Championship, in Warnemunde, Germany.<ref name="sailing.org"/>
In 1999 Ronen and Eli Zuckerman came in 9th in the Men's / Mixed 470 World Championship, in Melbourne, Australia.<ref name="sailing.org"/><ref>[http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFA-Archive/2000/Pages/Going%20for%20Gold-%20Israel%20at%20the%20Sydney%202000%20Olympics.aspx|title= "Going for Gold: Israel at the Sydney Olympics 2000"], August 1, 2000]</ref><ref name="jewsinsports.org">[http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?ID=185 "Ronen, Elad"]</ref> They were ranked Number 9 in the world during 1999.<ref name="jewsinsports.org"/>
Ronen, at the age of 24, and Eli Zuckerman competed for Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Rushcutters Bay Marina, Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia, in men's 470 Two-Person Dinghy.<ref name="sports-reference.com"/><ref name="jewsinsports.org"/><ref name="sports-reference.com1">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/SAI/mens-two-person-dinghy.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185407/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/SAI/mens-two-person-dinghy.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17|title=Sailing at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Two Person Dinghy|publisher=}}</ref> They came in 13th out of 29 boats.<ref name="sports-reference.com"/><ref name="sports-reference.com1"/>
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