Don Cohan
Athlete
1930 –
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Who is Don Cohan?
Donald Smith "Don" Cohan is one of the leading yachtsmen in the U.S. He was the first Jew to compete at the highest levels of world yachting competitions and at the time of his active career, the only Jew to win an Olympic medal in yachting.
He won a bronze medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics, at the same time becoming the oldest competitor to win a bronze in sailing, at the age of 42. Years later, he twice defeated Hodgkins disease. He came back to win a U.S. sailing championship at the age of 72.
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- Born
- Feb 24, 1930
Philadelphia - Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Education
- Amherst College
- Harvard Law School
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on July 23, 2013
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