Yigal Kopinsky

{{short description|Surinamese judoka}}

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Yigal Kopinsky (born 16 October 1985) is a Surinamese judoka.{{cite web|url=http://www.judoinside.com/judoka/78762/Yigal_Kopinsky |title=Yigal Kopinsky – judoka|website=judoinside.com |access-date=7 August 2016}}

He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's 66 kg but lost to Houd Zourdani of Algeria in the second round.{{cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/yigal-kopinsky |title=Yigal Kopinsky |website=rio2016.com |access-date=7 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806051153/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/yigal-kopinsky |archive-date= 6 August 2016 }}

Kopinsky is Jewish.{{cite web|title=CELEBRATING THE HIGH HOLIDAYS IN SURINAME|url=https://kulanucanada.org/celebrating-the-high-holidays-in-suriname/|publisher=Kulanucanada.org|access-date=17 September 2020|author=Jacob Steinberg|date=10 October 2017}}

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