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Full name | יצחק חטואל |
Born | 15 September 1962 |
Sport | |
Country | Israel |
Sport | Fencing |
Event | Foil |
Yitzhak (also "Itzhak") Hatuel (born 15 September 1962) is an Israeli fencer. [1] He competed in the individual foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics at 21 years of age. [1] In Round 1, he went 5-0, defeating Saul Mendoza of Bolivia, Jerome Ko of Hong Kong, Sergio Turiace of Argentina, Nobuyuki Azuma of Japan, and future gold medalist Philippe Omnès of France. [1] In the quarter-finals, he went 2-2, defeating Bilal Rifaat of Egypt and Yu Yifeng of China. [1] In the semi-finals, he went 3-2, defeating Bill Gosbee of Great Britain, Nobuyuki Azuma of Japan, and Mauro Numa of Italy -- who ended up winning the gold medal. [1] In the finals, he went 0-2, losing to Numa and to Peter Lewison of the United States. [1]
He is the brother of Israeli Olympic fencer Lydia Hatuel-Czuckermann (winner of 16 Israeli championships and participant in three Olympic Games), and uncle of Israeli Olympic fencer Delila Hatuel and Israeli fencer Maor Hatuel. [2] [3]