Don Cohan
Donald Smith Cohan (February 24, 1930 in New York City – 20 October 2018) is one of the leading yachtsmen in the U.S. He was the first Jew to compete at the highest levels of world yachting competitions and at the time of his active career, the only Jew to win an Olympic medal in yachting.
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| Full name | Donald Smith Cohan | ||||||||||||||
| Born | February 24, 1930 New York City, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | October 20, 2018 (aged 88) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 181 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sailing | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Dragon, Soling, and four other categories | ||||||||||||||
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He won a bronze medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Years later, he twice defeated Hodgkin's disease. He came back to win a U.S. sailing championship at the age of 72.
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