{{short description|Israeli sailor}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Yehuda Maayan | image = | image_size = | caption = | native_name = יהודה מעין | native_name_lang = Hebrew | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = {{ISR}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|4|19}} | birth_place = Israel | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|death year|death month|death day|birth year|birth month|birth day}} --> | death_place = | height = 5 ft 10 in | weight = 176 lb | classes = Mixed Two-Person Heavyweight Dinghy | club = | collegeteam = | coach = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = yes | updated = }}
'''Yehuda Maayan''' ({{langx|he|יהודה מעין}}; also '''Mayan'''; born April 19, 1955) is an Israeli former Olympic competitive sailor, and Chairman of the Israel Sailing Association.<ref name="sports-reference.com">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/yehuda-mayan-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418095323/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/yehuda-mayan-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Yehuda Mayan}}</ref>
==Sailing career== When Maayan competed in the Olympics he was {{convert|5|ft|10|in|cm}} tall, and weighed {{convert|176|lb|kg}}.<ref name="sports-reference.com"/>
Maayan competed for Israel at the 1976 Summer Olympics with Yoel Sela, at the age of 21, in Montreal, Canada, in Sailing - Mixed Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy, and came in 17th.<ref name="sports-reference.com"/>
==Israel Sailing Association== Maayan became Chairman of the Israel Sailing Association in 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.haaretz.com/2009-08-31/ty-article/windsurfing-2009-world-championships-commando-cruisers/0000017f-dc5a-d3ff-a7ff-fdfa2cf40000 |title=Windsurfing / 2009 World Championships / Commando cruisers |work=Haaretz |access-date=2016-10-22 |archive-date=2022-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621012048/https://www.themarker.com/misc/2005-02-09/ty-article/0000017f-e397-d568-ad7f-f3ff20fa0000 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1993, he established a women's team, with Shani Kedmi and Anat Fabrikant, who went on to finish 12th at representing Israel at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 4th representing Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.israelifrontline.com/2012/07/sea-sports-in-israel-are-ahead-of-games.html |title=Sea sports in Israel are ahead of the Games |date=26 July 2012 |publisher=Israeli Frontline |access-date=22 October 2016 |archive-date=5 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105033017/http://www.israelifrontline.com/2012/07/sea-sports-in-israel-are-ahead-of-games.html |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurosaf.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55:israel&catid=14:members&Itemid=86 |title=Israel |first= |last= |publisher=European Sailing Federation |access-date=2016-10-22 |archive-date=2016-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105032931/http://www.eurosaf.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55:israel&catid=14:members&Itemid=86 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{World Sailing|id=ISRYM1|www=yehuda-mayan|name=Yehuda Mayan}} * {{Olympics.com profile|yehuda-mayan|Yehuda Mayan|org_archive=20190527205530}} * {{Olympedia|62943|Yehuda Mayan}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maayan, Yehuda}} Category:1955 births Category:Living people Category:Israeli male sailors (sport) Category:Olympic sailors for Israel Category:Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople Category:Jewish sailors (sport) Category:20th-century Israeli sportsmen
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