Gil Ofer

Israeli judo coach and former judoka

גיל עופר‎Born (1976-07-15) 15 July 1976 (age 47)OccupationJudo coach[2]SportCountry IsraelSportJudoWeight class‍–‍71 kg, ‍–‍73 kgRank     3rd dan black belt[1]Achievements and titlesOlympic Games13th (2000)World Champ.13th (1999)European Champ.9th (1996)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Israel
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place 1997 Tel Aviv ‍–‍78 kg
Profile at external databasesIJF9262JudoInside.com7610 Updated on 22 August 2023

Gil Ofer (also spelled Gil Offer,[2] Hebrew: גיל עופר; born 15 July 1976) is an Israeli former Olympic judoka and coach.[3]

Personal life

He is a cousin of American Olympian fencer Tamir Bloom.[3]

Judo career

Ofer won the gold medal in judo in the under-73 kilograms weight class at the 1997 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, and won the British Open in Birmingham, England in 1998.[4]

In 2000, he was ranked third on the European Circuit in his judo class (73 kilograms).[5] Ofer won the Judo World Cups in Sofia in May 2000 and in Minsk in June 2000.[4]

Ofer competed for Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia in Men's under 73 kg Judo. He came in tied for 13th place.[6]

In 2002 he won the Israeli Championship at U90, and in 2005 he won the Israeli Championship at U81.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Association board meeting protocol 18 June 2020" (PDF). Israel Judo Association (in Hebrew). 18 June 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=4061659317216801&id=463230570393045 [user-generated source]
  3. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gil Ofer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "Gil Offer, Judoka, JudoInside".
  5. ^ "Ofer, Gil", jewsinsports.org
  6. ^ "Judo at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Lightweight". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

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MenWomen
Weight classJudoka
–60 kg
–66 kg
–73 kg
–81 kg
–90 kg
–100 kg
+100 kg
Yam Wolczak • Yehonatan Veksler • Ariel Shulman
Baruch Shmailov • Tal Flicker • Matan Kokolayev
Tohar Butbul • Ido Levin
Li Kochman • Guy Gurevitch
Serafim Kompaniez
Weight classJudoka
–48 kg
–52 kg
–57 kg
–63 kg
–70 kg
–78 kg
+78 kg
Gili Sharir • Inbal Shemesh • Kerem Primo
Head coach: Oren Smadja
Coaches: Guy Fogel • Gil Ofer • Golan Pollack • Artur Katayev		Head coach: Shany Hershko(he)
Coaches: Charles Chibana • Miki Tanaka • Amélie Rosseneu


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