Gil Ofer (also spelled Gil Offer,
[https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=4061659317216801&id=463230570393045 ] ; born 15 July 1976) is an Israeli former Olympic
judoka
is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyc ...
and coach.
Personal life
He is a cousin of American Olympian fencer
Tamir Bloom.
Judo career
Ofer won the gold medal in judo in the under-73 kilograms weight class at the
1997 Maccabiah Games
The 15th Maccabiah Games are primarily remembered for being marred by a Maccabiah bridge collapse, bridge collapse that killed several participants.
The Maccabiah had more than 5,000 athletes from 33 countries competing in 36 sports. New sports fo ...
in Tel Aviv, and won the 1998 British Open in
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the Lis ...
, England.
In 2000, Ofer was ranked third on the European Circuit in his judo class (73 kilograms). Ofer won the Judo World Cups in
Sofia
Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...
in May 2000 and in
Minsk
Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administra ...
in June 2000.
Ofer competed for
Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia in
men's under 73 kg. He came in tied for 13th place.
In 2002 Ofer won the Israeli Championship at U90, and in 2005 he won the Israeli Championship at U81.
References
External links
*
*
1976 births
Living people
Israeli male judoka
Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Israel
Olympic judoka for Israel
Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Maccabiah Games medalists in judo
Competitors at the 1997 Maccabiah Games
{{Israel-judo-bio-stub