Yoel Sela (; born June 10, 1951) is an Israeli Olympic competitive sailor. He was born in

Hadera Hadera (, ) is a city located in the Haifa District of Israel, in the northern Sharon plain, Sharon region, approximately 45 kilometers (28 miles) from the major cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa. The city is located along 7 km (5 mi) of ...

, Israel, and is Jewish.

Sailing career

When Sela competed in the Olympics he was tall, and weighed . Sela competed for

Israel at the 1976 Summer Olympics Israel competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 28 competitors, 26 men and 2 women, took part in 19 events in 10 sports. Summary Israel sent to the Olympics a football team, that qualified for the second time, and 11 in ...

with Yehuda Maayan, at the age of 25, in Montréal, Canada, in Sailing – Mixed Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy, and came in 17th. He competed for

Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics Israel competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. 32 competitors, 24 men and 8 women, took part in 46 ev ...

with Eldad Amir, at the age of 33, in Los Angeles, California, in Sailing – Mixed Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy, and came in 8th. Sela competed for

Israel at the 1988 Summer Olympics Israeli athletes competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Results by event Boxing Gymnastics Sailing Shooting Swimming Tennis ...

with Eldad Amir, at the age of 37, in

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, Korea, in Sailing – Mixed Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy, and came in 4th. They came very close to winning the first Olympic medal in Israeli history, missing one by 11.30 points. Their second race fell on

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, and Israeli officials forbade them from competing that day, so they had missed that race. Had they been able to compete in the second race, they would have certainly medaled. In 1990, Sela and Amir came in 5th in the World Championships. In 1991, they won the Italian Open and came in second in the France Open. Sela competed for

Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics Israel competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 30 competitors, 25 men and 5 women, took part in 42 events in 10 sports. Israel won its first ever Olympic medals at these Games. The first medallist in Israel's history was Yael Ar ...

with Eldad Amir, at the age of 41, in

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, Spain, in Sailing – Mixed Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy, and came in 20th.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sela, Yoel Living people Jewish sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Israel People from Hadera Sportspeople from Haifa District 1951 births Jewish Israeli sportspeople Israeli male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman 20th-century Israeli sportsmen