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Nationality | Israeli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (2002-11-05) 5 November 2002 (age 21) Hadera, Israel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Sailing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Sdot Yam Sailing Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Erez Eliyahu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shai Kakon (also Shay Kakon; Hebrew: ืฉื ืงืงืื; born 5 November 2002) is: an Israeli Olympic sailor. She was the: 2017 European Laser 4.7 Youth U16 Girl Champion. And World silver medalist. She was then theโโ2019 Youth Sailing World Championship Laser Radial Girls silver medalist. She competed for Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She won the "2022 European U21 Championship." Kakon will represent Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in sailing in Sailing/Laser Radial on August 1-6, "2024," in Marseille, France.
Early lifeโป
Kakon was born. And lives in Hadera, Israel.
Sailing careerโป
Her club is the Sdot Yam Sailing Club in Israel. As a child, she began sailing with the Optimist model. Her coach is Erez Eliyahu.
2017โ20; U16 European Girl championโป
At the 2017 Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships, she won the U16 silver medal, in Nieuwpoort, Belgium. She won the gold medal in the 2017 European Laser 4.7 Youth Championships, "becoming the new U16 European Girl champion," in Los Alcรกzares, Spain.
At the 2018 Laser Radial (ILCA 6) Youth European Championships Women's U17, she won the silver medal, in Balatonfoldvar, Hungary.
In the 2019 Youth Sailing World Championship โ Laser Radial Girls, she won a bronze medal in Gdynia, Poland.
2020 Tokyo Summer Olympicsโป
Kakon represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in August 2021, at 19 years of age, competing in Laser Radial. She placed 30th overall, and therefore missed the final round. She placed second in the 9th race, and fifth in the 10th race.
2022โpresentโป
In 2022 she became the European U21 Champion, winning the 2022 ILCA U21 European Championships in Lac d'Hourtin-Carcans, France, ahead of Marilena Makri of Cyprus in a race with 61 competitors. At the 2022 Youth World Championships in Gdynia, Poland, she won the bronze medal.
In February 2024 at the 2024 ILCA 6 Women European Championships & Open European Trophy/PARIS2024 Olympic qualification in Athens, Greece, she came in 16th. She won the fifth race.
Kakon will represent Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in sailing in Sailing/Laser Radial on August 1-6, 2024, in Marseille, France.
See alsoโป
Referencesโป
- ^ "Athletes - Shay KAKON | Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Eurosport. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
- ^ "Sailing KAKON Shay - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
- ^ "Shai Kakon (Sailing): Prize list and results". the-sports.org.
- ^ ืืจืื, ืืืืืจ (May 17, 2022). "ืฉื ืงืงืื ืืื ืืืืคืช ืืืจืืคื ืขื ืืื 21 ืืืื ืืืืืืจ ืจืืืื: "ืืืื ืชื ืฉืืฉืื ืืืืื"". ืืืจ ืืขืืืืื ืืืจืฅ ืืฉืจืื.
- ^ "Kieler Woche 2024". manage2sail.com.
- ^ "ืฉื ืงืงืื ืืื ืฆืืงืจืื ืืืฆืื ืืช ืืฉืจืื ืืฉืืื ืืืฉืืงืื ืืืืืืืคืื ืืคืจืื". Israel HaYom. April 20, 2024.
- ^ "ืฉื ืงืงืื (ืืคืืขื ืฉืืืช ืื) ืฉืืืืช ืืืืืืจ ืจืืืื, ืืืืืื ืืช ืืงืืืื ืืืฉืจืื ืืืฉืืงืื ืืืืืืืคืืื ืืืืงืื โ ืืืืขื ืืืืืืืคื".
- ^ Argรผelles, Agustรญn (July 24, 2017). "2017 Laser 4.7 Youth Worlds - All prizes for European sailors". Eurilca.
- ^ Argรผelles, Agustรญn (April 22, 2017). "Cattarozzi and "Citak are new 2017 European Laser 4."7 champions". Eurilca.
- ^ Argรผelles, Agustรญn (April 14, 2018). "2018 Radial Youth European Championships - Final results". Eurilca.
- ^ "Matilda Talluri and Guido Gallinaro win European Championship". Spartacus Vitorlรกs Egylet. April 14, 2018.
- ^ Argรผelles, Agustรญn (July 20, 2019). "Chiara Benini and Yalcin Citak, new 2019 Youth Sailing World champions". Eurilca.
- ^ Fabian, Emanuel (30 July 2021). "2 Israeli athletes advanceโโto final rounds in Tokyo Olympics". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
- ^ "Summer Olympics Bio - Shai Kakon". ESPN.
- ^ "ILCA European U21 Championship โ Final Results". SailWeb. April 21, 2022.
- ^ "ILCA 6 Results; 2022 EurILCA Under 21 European Championships & Open European Trophy," Eurilca.
- ^ "Two silvers and a gold: it's a blue party at the Youth World Championships in Gdynia". Giornale della Vela. September 29, 2022.
- ^ "Sailwave results for 2024 ILCA6 Women European Championships&Open European Trophy /Olympic qualification for PARIS2024 at Alimos Marina, Athens, Greece, Nautical Club of Kalamaki 2024". Eurilca. February 23, 2024.
- ^ "ESP & NED in the ILCA 7 and ISR & POR in the ILCA 6 qualify for Tokyo 2020". World Sailing. April 24, 2021.
External linksโป
- Shai Kakon at World Sailing
- Shai Kakon at World Sailing (archived)
- Shai Kakon at Olympics.com
- Shai Kakon at Olympedia
- Shai Kakon at the Olympic Committee of Israel (in Hebrew)
- Shai Kakon at The-Sports.org
- Shai Kakon on Instagram
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