Shai Kakon

Shai Kakon was born in 2002 in Hadera

Shai Kakon was born on 5 November 2002 in Hadera, where she lives. She attended Hadera High School. She began competitive sailing at age 10 at a sea camp in Sdot Yam, starting in the Optimist class.

She sails for the Sdot Yam Sailing Club, and her coach is Erez Eliyahu. In 2017 she won the European Laser 4.7 Youth U16 title in Spain and a U16 world silver medal in Belgium. In 2018 she took silver at the Laser Radial Youth European Championships U17, and in 2019 she won a medal at the Youth Sailing World Championship in Poland.

At the Tokyo Olympics, held in August 2021, she sailed the Laser Radial and placed 30th. In December 2021 she placed 22nd at her first senior world championship, in Oman. In 2022 she won the ILCA U21 European Championships in France.

In February 2024 she placed 16th at the ILCA 6 Women European Championships in Athens. At the 2024 Paris Olympics she sailed in Marseille and finished 24th.