Gili Sharir (; born 22 November 1999) is an Israeli

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and Olympic bronze medalist, having won a bronze medal in mixed team event at the

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. Sharir also won a bronze at the mixed team event of the 2022 World Championships. At the

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, she won a bronze medal in

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and a silver medal in

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. Sharir represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in judo in the women's 63 kg, and in the mixed team event, at which Team Israel came in ninth.

Early life

Sharir grew up in

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in Israel, where her parents Danit and Danny still reside, and is Jewish.

Judo career

2016–20; European junior championships silver medal

Sharir won the gold medals at the 2016 European Cup U21 Athens in Greece, and the European Cup Cadets Antalya in Turkey, and a silver medal at the European Cup Cadets Coimbra in Portugal. She also won the silver medal at the 2016 Israeli U21 Championships in Ra'anana. Sharir won the silver medal at the 2017 European Junior Championships in Maribor, Slovenia, and a bronze at the 2017 European U23 Championships in Podgorica in Montenegro. She also won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Cup Sarajevo. She won the gold medal at the 2017 Israeli Championships in Ra'anana. At the 2018 Hohhot Grand Prix, Sharir won the silver medal. She won the gold medal at the 2018 Israeli Championships in Tel Aviv. She also won the gold medal at the 2018 Israeli U21 Championships in Haifa.

2020 Tokyo Olympics (in 2021); bronze medal

Sharir represented

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, competing at the women's 63 kg weight category. She lost in the first round to the five-time Oceanian Champion, Australian Katharina Haecker. Sharir a bronze medal in the mixed team event.

2021–present; European championship silver medal

At the

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in Sofia, Bulgaria, Sharir won a bronze medal. At the 2022 World Championships, she won a bronze medal in the mixed team event. she won a silver medal at the 2022 Ulaanbaatar Grand Slam and bronze medals at the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam and the 2022 World Masters in Jerusalem, Israel. Sharir won a silver medal at the 2023 European Championships in Montpellier, France. She dedicated her medal "To all the abducted and murdered (in the

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), they were with me every moment in my thoughts, they gave me a lot of strength and motivation.". Sharir won a gold medal at the 2023 Paris Grand Slam and bronze medals at the 2023 Ulaanbaatar Grand Slam in Mongolia and the 2023 Baku Grand Slam. She also won the silver medal at the 2023 Israeli Championships in Eilat.

2024 Paris Olympics

Sharir represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in judo in the women's 63 kg, where she was defeated by French reigning Olympic champion judoka

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, and in the mixed team event, at which Israel came in ninth.

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