| Yitzhak Hatuel | |
| Fullname: | יצחק חטואל |
| Birth Date: | 15 September 1962 |
| Country: | Israel |
| Sport: | Fencing |
| Event: | Foil |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Yitzhak (also "Itzhak") Hatuel (born 15 September 1962) is an Israeli fencer. 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]