Yves Loday

{{short description|French sailor}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's sailing }}

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{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1992 Barcelona | Tornado}}

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Yves Loday (born 27 September 1955) is a French sailor who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he won gold medal in the Tornado class together with Nicolas Hénard.{{cite web |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LODAYYVE01 |title=Yves Loday |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209012919/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LODAYYVE01 |archive-date=9 February 2007 |website=databaseOlympics.com |access-date=22 December 2007}}{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Yves Loday |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/yves-loday-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203134604/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/yves-loday-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016}}

Loday went on to train other Olympic windsurfers in 1993 including Pascale Paturau from Mauritius who competed in the Barcelona Olympics.{{Cite news |last=D'Argent |first=Robert |date=July 22, 2019 |title=JIOI 2019 – Pascale Paturau: "In a regatta, anything can happen depending on the options taken" |url=https://lexpress.mu/article/357285/jioi-2019-pascale-paturau-dans-une-regate-tout-peut-arriver-dependant-options-prises |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=lexpress.mu}}

Loday is the designer of the Extreme 40 sailing catamaran, which is used in the Extreme Sailing Series very high speed regattas.