Yitzhak Yonassi (also "Itzhak" and "Itzchak"; יצחק יונסי; born October 18, 1962) is an Israeli former Olympic

sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such a ...

."Yonassi, Yitzhak"
jewsinsports.org He was born in

Ashkelon Ashkelon or Ashqelon (; Hebrew: , , ; Philistine: ), also known as Ascalon (; Ancient Greek: , ; Arabic: , ), is a coastal city in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast, south of Tel Aviv, and north of the border with ...

, Israel, and is Jewish.

Shooting career

He won at least one of the three shooting categories in the Israeli shooting championship every year from 1977 through 1991. When he competed in the Olympics, he was tall, and weighed . His coaches were Shlomo Goldstein and Yair-Henrik Dawidowich. 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 e ...

in Los Angeles, at the age of 21, in Shooting--Men's Air Rifle, 10 metres, and came in 8th (his 582 score was 5 points behind the bronze medalist, and established a new Israeli national record by 10 points), in Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, and came in tied for 39th, and in Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, and came in tied for 49th. He competed alongside his teacher,

Yair Davidovitz Yair Davidovitz (יאיר דוידוביץ; born March 22, 1945) is an Israeli former Olympic sport shooter, and in 1984 matched the world record of a perfect score of 400 in the Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres. He was born in Israel, and ...

. He 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 ...

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, at the age of 25, in Shooting--Men's Air Rifle, 10 metres, and came in tied for 29th, in Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, and came in 43rd, and in Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, and came in tied for 51st. He is the President of the

Israel Shooting Federation The Israel Shooting Federation (התאחדות הקליעה בישראל) is the Israeli association for shooting sports affiliated to the International Shooting Sport Federation and the International Practical Shooting Confederation The Intern ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yonassi, Yitzhak Olympic shooters for Israel 1962 births Israeli male sport shooters Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Living people Jewish sport shooters Shooters at the 1984 Summer Olympics People from Ashkelon Sportspeople from Southern District (Israel)