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Nationality | Israeli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hadera, Israel | 5 November 2002||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Israel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Sailing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Sdot Yam Sailing Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Erez Eliyahu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shai Kakon (also Shay Kakon; Hebrew: שי קקון; born 5 November 2002) is an Israeli Olympic sailor.[1][2] She was the 2017 European Laser 4.7 Youth U16 Girl Champion, and World silver medalist. She was then the 2019 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 represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in sailing in Sailing/Laser Radial in Marseille, France, in which she came in 24th.