| Birth Date: | 5 July 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Birobidzhan, Soviet Union |
| Office: | Ministerial roles |
| Suboffice: | Minister of Tourism |
| Subterm: | 2021–2022 |
| Suboffice1: | Yesh Atid |
| Office1: | Faction represented in the Knesset |
| Subterm1: | 2013–2019 |
| Suboffice2: | Blue and White |
| Subterm2: | 2019–2020 |
| Suboffice3: | Yesh Atid |
| Subterm3: | 2020–2021 |
| Suboffice4: | Yesh Atid |
| Subterm4: | 2022–2023 |
Yoel Razvozov (; born 5 July 1980)[1] is an Israeli politician and judoka. He served as the Minister of Tourism from 2021 to 2022 and a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid for ten years in several parliamentary sessions.
Born Konstantin Anatolyevich Razvozov (ru|Константин Анатольевич Развозов) in Birobidzhan in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast of the Soviet Union, Razvozov began training in judo at age 6. His family emigrated to Israel when he was 11, in 1991, at the fall of the Soviet Union. He joined the Israeli judo team and became an Israeli judo champion at the age of 16.[2]
In 2001 he became the youngest Israeli judoka to win the European World cup in Austria.[3] [4] In the 2003 World Judo Championships, Razvozov finished seventh.[5] He was the youngest National team captain in history of Israeli judo. Razvozov finish second at the European Championships the following year,[6] and represented Israel at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[7] In the final of the 2005 European Championships, he won a silver medal in the 73 kilogram weight category.[8] [9]
Razvozov entered politics, becoming a member of Netanya City Council. He also became a member of the Israel Olympics Committee. He joined Yesh Atid and was placed eighth on its list for the 2013 Knesset elections. He was elected to the Knesset as the party won 19 seats. He was placed ninth on the party's list for the 2015 elections,[10] and was re-elected as the party won 11 seats.[11] Razvozov remained a member of the Knesset until 2021, when he resigned under the Norwegian Law to become the Minister of Tourism, a position he held until December 2022.[12]
Following the end of his tenure as Minister of Tourism, on 23 January 2023, Razvozov announced his intention to resign from the Knesset and retire from politics.[13]
| Year | Tournament | Place | Weight class | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | European Judo Championships | 5th | [14] | |||
| 2003 | World Judo Championships | 7th | ||||
| 2004 | European Judo Championships | bgcolor=silver align=center | 2nd | |||
| 9th | [15] [16] | |||||
| 2005 | European Judo Championships | bgcolor=silver align=center | 2nd | |||
| European Judo Team Championships | bgcolor=gold align=center | 1st | Team | [17] | ||
| 2009 | Grand Slam Rio de Janeiro | bgcolor=Peru align=center | 3rd | Lightweight (73 kg) | [18] |