Yehuda Atedji

{{short description|Israeli windsurfer}}

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Yehuda Atedji ({{Langx|he|יהודה אטדגי}}; born June 14, 1961) is an Israeli former Olympic windsurfer.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/at/yehuda-atedji-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418060450/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/at/yehuda-atedji-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Yehuda Atedji Bio, Stats, and Results|publisher=sports-reference.com}} He was born in Israel and is Jewish.[http://www.jewsinsports.org/Olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=649 "Atedji, Yehuda"]

Windsurfing career

He competed for Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles (at Long Beach, California) at the age of 23.{{cite web|url=https://members.sailing.org/biog.php?unique=1479582808.5742&memberid=115205&js=1|title=Sailor Biography|publisher=sailing.org}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/50043817/|title= July 27, 1984 · Page 10|work=The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle}} In Men's Windsurfer/Windglider (mistral) he came in 14th out of 38 competitors.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/SAI/mens-windsurfer.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417190322/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/SAI/mens-windsurfer.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17|title=Sailing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Windsurfer|publisher=sports-reference.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.the-sports.org/yehuda-atedji-sailing-spf430340.html|title=Sailing - Yehuda Atedji (Israel)|publisher=the-sports.org}} His best result was his 5th place finish in Race 4.

When he competed in the Olympics, he was 5-8.5 (174 cm) tall and weighed 150 lbs (68 kg).

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