# Yoav Cohen > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Yoav_Cohen > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Yoav_Cohen.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoav_Cohen > Source revision: 1351655250 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Ganei_Yehuda), Israel | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | classes = [RS:X](/source/RS%3AX) | club = [Sdot Yam](/source/Sdot_Yam) Sailing Club | collegeteam = | coach = | worlds = 5th {{small|([2021](/source/2021_RS%3AX_World_Championships))}} | regionals = {{Eur1}} {{small|([2020](/source/2020_RS%3AX_European_Championships))}} | olympics = 4th {{small|([2021](/source/Sailing_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_RS%3AX))}} | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [Windsurfing](/source/Windsurfing) }} {{MedalCountry | {{ISR}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[European Championships](/source/RS%3AX_European_Championships)}} {{Medal|Gold|[2020 Vilamoura](/source/2020_RS%3AX_European_Championships)|RS:X}} | updated = 13 August 2021 }} '''Yoav Cohen''' ({{langx|he|יואב כהן}}; born 30 August 1999) is an Israeli [windsurfer](/source/windsurfer).{{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 }} In 2020 he won the [RS:X European Championships](/source/RS%3AX_European_Championships), and In 2021 he represented [Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics](/source/Israel_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics) and finished 4th in [Men's RS:X](/source/Sailing_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_RS%3AX). ==Biography== His parents are Hananel and Isabel.{{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 }} Cohen was born in [Ganei Yehuda](/source/Ganei_Yehuda), Israel, where until he was two years old his family lived in a trailer. He and his family then lived in kibbutz [Kadima](/source/Kadima-Tzoran), and then in [Caesarea, Israel](/source/Caesarea_(modern_town)). His sailing club is [Sdot Yam](/source/Sdot_Yam) Sailing Club. In 2013, at age 13, Cohen won the [Techno 293](/source/Techno_293) Under 15 World Championships in [Sopot](/source/Sopot), Poland. Cohen was the 2017 [youth world champion](/source/Youth_Sailing_World_Championships), after winning the 47th Youth Sailing World Championships in [Sanya](/source/Sanya), China. He won the 2018 [Medemblik Regatta](/source/Medemblik_Regatta) (formerly [Delta Lloyd Regatta](/source/Delta_Lloyd_Regatta)) in [Medemblik](/source/Medemblik), the Netherlands. Cohen won the gold medal at the 2020 [RS:X European Championships](/source/RS%3AX_European_Championships) in [Vilamoura](/source/Vilamoura), Portugal. He finished 5th at the [2021 RS:X World Championships](/source/2021_RS%3AX_World_Championships) in [Cádiz](/source/C%C3%A1diz), [Spain](/source/Spain). In 2021, Cohen represented [Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics](/source/Israel_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics) and finished 4th in [Men's RS:X](/source/Sailing_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_RS%3AX) event.{{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](/source/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}} ==See also== *[List of World Championships medalists in sailing (windsurfer classes)](/source/List_of_World_Championships_medalists_in_sailing_(windsurfer_classes)) *[List of World Championships medalists in sailing (juniors and youth classes)](/source/List_of_World_Championships_medalists_in_sailing_(juniors_and_youth_classes)) *[List of European Championships medalists in sailing](/source/List_of_European_Championships_medalists_in_sailing) *[List of Jews in sports](/source/List_of_Jews_in_sports) ==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 {{Windsurfing-bio-stub}} {{Israel-sport-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Yoav Cohen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoav_Cohen) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoav_Cohen?action=history)). 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