Yugo Yoshida

{{short description|Japanese sailor}}

{{Infobox sailor

| name = Yugo Yoshida

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| nickname = Weed

| nationality = {{JPN}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|11|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Karatsu, Saga, Japan

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| height = 1.81 m

| weight = 72 kg

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| classes = Dinghy

| club = ABeam Consulting

| coach = Kazunori Komatsu

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{{MedalSport | Men's sailing}}

{{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold | 2010 Guangzhou | 470 }}

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{{Nihongo|Yugo Yoshida|吉田 雄悟|Yoshida Yugo|born 11 November 1983 in Karatsu, Saga}} is a Japanese sailor, who specializes in the two-person dinghy (470) class.{{cite web |title=Yugo Yoshida |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/yoshida-yugo-1020788/ |work=London 2012 Olympics |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=14 September 2013 |archive-date=5 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405183018/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/yoshida-yugo-1020788/ |url-status=dead}}{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Yugo Yoshida |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/yo/yugo-yoshida-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417213053/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/yo/yugo-yoshida-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |access-date=14 September 2013}} He shared gold medals with his partner Ryunosuke Harada in the 470 class at the 2010 Asian Games, and later represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics. 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 International Sailing Federation.

Yoshida and his partner and skipper Ryunosuke Harada made their official debut at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, 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.{{cite news |title=16th Asian Games Crowns Champions in China |url=http://www.sailing.org/news/9551.php |publisher=ISAF |date=22 November 2010 |access-date=10 September 2013}}

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Yoshida competed again as a crew member in the men's 470 class by finishing sixth and receiving a berth from the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.{{cite news |title=470 Teams Going to the 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition |url=http://www.470.org/content.asp?id=5188 |publisher=470 World Championships |date=5 June 2012 |access-date=14 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713100010/http://www.470.org/content.asp?id=5188 |archive-date=2012-07-13 |url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web |title=Men's 470 |url=http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/470-men/phase=sam005910/doc=summary.html |work=London 2012 Olympics |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=27 November 2012 |archive-date=30 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530111345/http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/470-men/phase%3Dsam005910/doc%3Dsummary.html |url-status=dead}}

On February 14, 2013, Yoshida was married to his counterpart, fellow 470 sailing star, and teammate Ai Kondo at a private ceremony in Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, United States.{{cite news |title=Japan's 470 Olympians Celebrate their Wedding |url=http://www.470.org/content.asp?id=5735 |publisher=470 World Championships |date=14 February 2012 |access-date=14 September 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130914165437/http://www.470.org/content.asp?id=5735 |archive-date=14 September 2013 |url-status=dead}}