Yonathan Levit

Yonathan Levit (Hebrew: יונתן לויט; born 15 November 1997) is an Israeli badminton player.[1] He won a silver medal at the 2017 Maccabiah Games.[2]

Yonathan Levit
Personal information
Birth nameיונתן לויט
CountryIsrael
Born (1997-11-15) 15 November 1997
ResidenceBinyamina, Haifa, Israel
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking235 (MS 2 February 2021)
167 (MD with Shai Geffen 30 April 2019)
BWF profile

Career

Hailing from Binyamina, Levit started to playing badminton at the age of eight introduced by his parents. Both of his parents came from Russia. His first major title in Israel was the National U11 champion. He won the Hatzor International in the men's doubles event in 2016 and in the mixed doubles in 2017. In 2021, he trained in the Centre of Excellence based in Denmark toobtain his badminton career.[3]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Hatzor International Israel Ariel Shainski Poland Paweł Prądziński
Poland Jan Rudziński
21–17, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Hatzor International Russia Yulia Vasilyeva Poland Maciej Ociepa
Poland Agnieszka Foryta
19–21, 15–21, 30–28 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. "Players: Yonathan Levit". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  2. וסרשפרונג, אורן. "Results - 20th Maccabiah 2017". www.maccabiah.com. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  3. Gonzalez Martinez, Sara (24 May 2021). "Yonatan Levit: My biggest inspiration is Kobe Bryant". www.badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.


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