Yugo Yoshida
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| Nickname | Weed[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 November 1983 Karatsu, Saga, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sailing career | |||||||||||||||
| Class | Dinghy | ||||||||||||||
| Club | ABeam Consulting[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Kazunori Komatsu[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yugo Yoshida (吉田 雄悟, Yoshida Yugo, born 11 November 1983 in International Sailing Federation.
Yoshida and his partner and skipper
Guangzhou, China, where they edged out the host nation's Wang Weidong and Deng Daokun by a seven-point advantage for the gold medal in the men's 470 class, accumulating a net score of 17 points.[3]
At the
Barcelona, Spain.[4] Teaming with Harada in the opening series, Yoshida mounted a spirited challenge on the fifth leg to deliver the Japanese duo a seventh spot, but fell short of the medal race with an eighteenth-place finish on 131 net points.[5]
On February 14, 2013, Yoshida was married to his counterpart, fellow 470 sailing star, and teammate
References
- ^ a b c d e "Yugo Yoshida". London 2012 Olympics. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yugo Yoshida". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ISAF. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "470 Teams Going to the 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition". 470 World Championships. 5 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ "Men's 470". London 2012 Olympics. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 May 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ^ "Japan's 470 Olympians Celebrate their Wedding". 470 World Championships. 14 February 2012. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
External links
- Yugo Yoshida at World Sailing
- Yugo Yoshida at Olympics.com
- Yugo Yoshida at Olympic.org (archived)
- Yugo Yoshida at Olympedia
- Yugo Yoshida at NBC 2012 Olympics website at archive.today (archived 14 September 2013)
