is a Japanese 11sailor, who specializes in the two-person dinghy ( 470) class. He shared gold medals with his partner Ryunosuke Harada in the 470 class at the

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, and later represented

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at the

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. Throughout most of his sailing career, Yoshida trained for the ABeam Consulting Team under his personal coach and mentor Kazunori Komatsu. As of September 2013, Yoshida is ranked no. 190 in the world for two-person dinghy class by the

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. Yoshida and his partner and skipper Ryunosuke Harada made their official debut at the

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, where they edged out the host nation's Wang Weidong and Deng Daokun by a seven-point advantage for the gold medal in the men's 470 class, accumulating a net score of 17 points. At the

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, Yoshida competed again as a crew member in the men's 470 class by finishing sixth and receiving a berth from the

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. Teaming with Harada in the opening series, Yoshida mounted a spirited challenge on the fifth leg to deliver the Japanese duo a seventh spot, but fell short of the medal race with an eighteenth-place finish on 131 net points. On February 14, 2013, Yoshida was married to his counterpart, fellow 470 sailing star, and teammate Ai Kondo at a private ceremony in

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yoshida, Yugo 1983 births Living people Japanese male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of Japan Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 470 Asian Games medalists in sailing Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Sailors at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 2017 America's Cup sailors Sportspeople from Saga Prefecture