{{short description|Israeli windsurfer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Yoav Cohen | image = Yoav Cohen, June 2021 (GPODBG 3895) (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name =יואב כהן | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = Israeli | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|08|30}} | birth_place = Ganei Yehuda, Israel | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | classes = RS:X | club = Sdot Yam Sailing Club | collegeteam = | coach = <!-- Achievements and titles --> | worlds = 5th {{small|(2021)}} | regionals = {{Eur1}} {{small|(2020)}} | olympics = 4th {{small|(2021)}} <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's Windsurfing }} {{MedalCountry | {{ISR}} }} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2020 Vilamoura|RS:X}} | updated = 13 August 2021 }}
'''Yoav Cohen''' ({{langx|he|יואב כהן}}; born 30 August 1999) is an Israeli windsurfer.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=https://site-isaf.soticcloud.net/biog.php?memberid=410892&js=1 |title=Yoav Cohen |website=sailing.org |accessdate=1 December 2020 |archive-date=25 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725053754/https://site-isaf.soticcloud.net/biog.php?memberid=410892&js=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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== His parents are Hananel and Isabel.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |url=https://newsrnd.com/amp/2020-12-06-above-the-wave--yoav-cohen-s-stormy-road-to-the-gold-medal-israel-today.Sk-4VNhFjv.html |title=Above the Wave: Yoav Cohen's Stormy Road to the Gold Medal Israel today |website=newsrnd.com }}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> Cohen was born in Ganei Yehuda, Israel, where until he was two years old his family lived in a trailer.<ref name="auto1"/> He and his family then lived in kibbutz Kadima, and then in Caesarea, Israel.<ref name="auto1"/>
His sailing club is Sdot Yam Sailing Club.<ref name="auto"/>
In 2013, at age 13, Cohen won the Techno 293 Under 15 World Championships in Sopot, Poland.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/>
Cohen was the 2017 youth world champion, after winning the 47th Youth Sailing World Championships in Sanya, China.<ref name="auto"/>
He won the 2018 Medemblik Regatta (formerly Delta Lloyd Regatta) in Medemblik, the Netherlands.<ref name="auto"/>
Cohen won the gold medal at the 2020 RS:X European Championships in Vilamoura, Portugal.<ref name="auto"/>
He finished 5th at the 2021 RS:X World Championships in Cádiz, Spain.<ref name="auto"/>
In 2021, Cohen represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics and finished 4th in Men's RS:X event.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sailing: COHEN Yoav |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1282643-cohen-yoav.htm |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=13 August 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006111417/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1282643-cohen-yoav.htm |archive-date=2021-10-06}}</ref>
==See also== *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== <references></references>
==External links== * {{World Sailing|yoav-cohen|id=ISRYC2}} * {{Olympics.com profile|yoav-cohen}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{OCI profile}} * {{The-Sports}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cohen, Yoav}} Category:Living people Category:1999 births Category:Techno 293 world champions Category:World champions in sailing for Israel Category:Israeli windsurfers Category:Israeli people of Jewish descent Category:Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – RS:X Category:Israeli male sailors (sport) Category:21st-century Israeli sportsmen
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