Yoav Meiri (Hebrew: יואב מאירי; born July 28, 1975) is an Israeli former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.

[2] He is a 2000 Olympian, a 20-time Israeli champion, and a four-time national record holder in sprint butterfly.

While studying in the United States, he earned All-American and All-Big Ten honors in the 200-yard butterfly as a member of the University of Minnesota swimming and diving team.

[8] Meiri also teamed up with Eithan Urbach, Tal Stricker, and Yoav Bruck in the 4×100 m medley relay.

Swimming a butterfly leg in heat two, Meiri recorded a split of 54.54, but the Israelis settled only for fifth place and seventeenth overall in a final time of 3:43.39.