 Dror Cohen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Israel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 March 1968 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sailing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dror Cohen (born 31 March 1968) [1] is an Israeli sailor who has competed in five Paralympics games winning a gold in 2004 Athenes in the three person Sonar-class keelboat.
The Qingdao International Sailing Centre is a sailing marina located on the former site of the Beihai Shipyard by Qingdao's Fushan Bay at Shandong Province in China. It was constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics. It hosted the Olympic and Paralympic Sailing competitions. Wind conditions vary greatly from very light winds to +15 knots. During the Olympic competitions, fog was also an occasional factor.
Eighty athletes representing 25 countries in three keelboat classes - the 2.4mR, the SKUD 18, and the Sonar, took part in sailing in the 2008 Summer Paralympics. Sailing was held in two designated areas on the Yellow Sea, Qingdao, Shandong province, from September 8 to September 13.
Ireland competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. Ireland sent 45 athletes, competing in 9 sports. The country's flagbearer at the Games' opening ceremony was Patrice Dockery.
Three athletes represented the Philippines in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The 2-person keelboat sailing team of Pedro Sollique and Cherry Pinpin were based in the seaport city of Qingdao while Adeline Dumapong was in Beijing for the powerlifting event. The Philippine Paralympic delegation was headed by PhilSPADA-NPC, with support from the Philippine Sports Commission and the Philippine Olympic Committee.
The Philippines made its Paralympic Games debut at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul and has been fielding athletes up to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. Its athletes has won two bronze medals; Adeline Dumapong in powerlifting (2000), and Josephine Medina in table tennis (2016). The country has never won a Paralympic gold medal.
Jamie Barry Dunross, OAM is an Australian sailor who won a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics.
Graeme Martin, OAM is an Australian Paralympic sailor.
Colin Anthony Harrison is an Australian Paralympic sailor. He won the bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, and the gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in the Three Person Sonar.
Russell Boaden is a Paralympic sailor from Australia. He won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, and a won a gold medal in the Mixed Three Person Sonar the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
Stephen Andrew Churm is an Australian sailor. He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in sailing. He did not medal at the 2012 Games.
Jonathan Bruce Harris is an Australian blue-water sailor who began his sailing career when he was about ten. He won a gold medal in the Mixed Three Person Sonar the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
Sailing was added to the Summer Paralympic Games competition schedule at the 2000 Sydney Games. Australia has been represented since 2000 Games. In 2015, the International Paralympic Committee announced that sailing would be one of two sports dropped from the summer Paralympic Games program at the 2020 Tokyo Games. The parent body for sailing internationally, World Sailing, has stated its intention to seek re-inclusion on the summer Paralympic program at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.
John Curtis-Robertson is a British Paralympic sailor. Curtis-Robertson has represented Great Britain at three Summer Paralympics and with his colleagues Stephen Thomas and Hannah Stodel has won multiple medals in the Mixed Sonar class at the Disabled Sailing World Championships, including skippering his team to back to back gold medals in 2005 and 2006.
John Twomey is an Irish Paralympic athlete and sailor. He has represented Ireland at 11 consecutive Paralympic games winning medals at three of them.
Siegmund Mainka is a German sailor from Berlin who competed in three Paralympics games winning gold in 2008 and silver medal in 2012 in the Sonar class. Both medals were achieved with skipper Jens Kroker and fellow crew member Robert Prem.
Robert "Bobby" Prem is a German sailor from Berlin who competed in two Paralympics games, winning gold in 2008 and a silver medal in 2012 both times in the sonar class with skipper Jens Kroker and fellow crew member Siegmund Mainka.
Udo Hessels is a Dutch sailor who has competed in four Paralympics games winning silver in 2004 and gold in 2012 both in the three person keelboat the sonar.
Benny Vexler, also known as Benni Vexler, is an Israeli sailor who has competed in three Paralympics games winning a gold in 2004 Athenes in the three person keelboat the sonar.
Arnon Efrati is an Israeli sailor who has competed in five Paralympics games winning a gold in 2004 Athenes in the three person keelboat the sonar.
Mischa Rossen is a Dutch sailor who has competed in four Paralympics games winning silver in 2004 and gold in 2012 both in the three person keelboat the sonar.
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