Yohanan Moyal
{{short description|Israeli artistic gymnast}}
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Yohanan Moyal ("Johnny"; {{Langx|he|יוחנן מויאל}}; born October 2, 1965) is an Israeli former Olympic gymnast.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/yohanan-moyal-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418123922/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/yohanan-moyal-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Yohanan Moyal Bio, Stats, and Results|publisher=sports-reference.com}}
Early life
He was born in Israel, and is Jewish.[http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?ID=618 "Moyal, Yohanan"] His mother, a ballerina, was a Holocaust survivor.{{cite web|url=http://academysportsplanohere.blogspot.com/2012/09/baton-rouge-still-home-for-pattersonthe.html|title=Baton Rouge still home for Patterson.|first=Wadhawe|last=Mark|work=The Dallas Morning News}} He attended the University of Oregon where he competed in gymnastics, and Louisiana State University, where he was an All American in gymnastics.Nathan Moyal, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZBGXCwAAQBAJ&dq=johnny+%22Moyal%22+baton+rouge+cajun&pg=PA30 Endurance] (2016){{cite web|url=http://www.istanbullite.com/capsinenglish8595/ourolympianinourheart.html|title=OUR OLYMPIAN IN OUR HEARTS; A DAUGHTER'S QUEST FOR OLYMPICS FROM EARLY AGES ON|publisher=istanbullite.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/83403875/|title= Page 14|work=Southern Illinoisan}}
Gymnastics career
He competed for Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, when he was 18 years old. In the Men's Individual All-Around he came in 67th, in the Men's Floor Exercise he came in tied for 70th, in the Men's Horse Vault he came in tied for 68th, in the Men's Parallel Bars he came in 63rd, in the Men's Horizontal Bar he came in 65th, in the Men's Rings he came in 62nd, and in the Men's Pommel Horse he came in 64th. When he competed in the Olympics he was 5-4.5 (164 cm) tall and weighed 132 lbs (60 kg).
Coaching career
Moyal founded Elite Gymnastics Academy in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1987 where he is the owner and coach.{{cite web|url=http://www.wafb.com/story/30564844/the-investigators-knowing-the-signs-of-a-sexual-predator|title=The Investigators: Knowing the signs of a sexual predator|first=Andre|last=Moreau|date=20 November 2015 |publisher=wafb.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/1996/1105/110596.feat.community.1.html|title=Kids Have a Night Out at the Gym|first=Andrea|last=Neighbours|date=5 November 1996|publisher=|work=Christian Science Monitor}} Among those whom he had coached is Carly Patterson, the 2004 Olympic all-around champion and a member of the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame.{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/person/carly-patterson/|title=Carly Patterson |publisher=tmz.com}}
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