Yitzhak (also "Itzhak") Hatuel (born 15 September 1962) is an Israeli fencer. He competed in the individual

foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine * Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decorative metal * Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food * Tin foil, metal foil ma ...

event at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

at 21 years of age. In Round 1, he went 5-0, defeating Saul Mendoza of Bolivia, Jerome Ko of Hong Kong, Sergio Turiace of Argentina, Nobuyuki Azuma of Japan, and future gold medalist

Philippe Omnès Philippe Omnès (born 6 August 1960) is a French fencer and Olympic champion in the foil competition. He won a gold medal in individual foil event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of nort ...

of France. In the quarter-finals, he went 2-2, defeating Bilal Rifaat of Egypt and

Yu Yifeng Yu Yifeng (born 6 June 1963) is a Chinese fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were a ...

of China. In the semi-finals, he went 3-2, defeating

Bill Gosbee William David Gosbee (born 20 May 1961) better known as Bill Gosbee is a British fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. He was an five times British fencing champion, winning five ...

of Great Britain, Nobuyuki Azuma of Japan, and

Mauro Numa Mauro Numa (born 8 November 1961 in Mestre) is an Italian fencer and one of the strongest during the 1980s.His career started very early and in 1979, at 18, he was included in the Foil's Italian Team. In 1980 Numa could not compete at the Moscow O ...

of Italy -- who ended up winning the gold medal. In the finals, he went 0-2, losing to Numa and to

Peter Lewison Peter Lewison (born December 7, 1961) is an American fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and c ...

of the United States. He is the brother of Israeli Olympic fencer

Lydia Hatuel-Czuckermann Lydia Hatuel-Czuckermann (; born August 15, 1963, in Casablanca, Morocco) is an Israeli fencer. One of Israel's top female fencers, she competed in the individual foil event at the 1984, 1992, and 1996 Olympiads. Her fencing career started at t ...

(winner of 16 Israeli championships and participant in three Olympic Games), and uncle of Israeli Olympic fencer

Delila Hatuel Delila Hatuel ( he, דלילה חטואל; born November 15, 1980) is an Israeli Olympic foil fencer. She represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has been ranked ninth in the world. Biography Delila Hatuel born in Acre, Israel. ...

and Israeli fencer Maor Hatuel.

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* 1962 births Living people Israeli male foil fencers Olympic fencers of Israel Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics 20th-century Israeli people {{Israel-fencing-bio-stub