Gil Cohen (sailor) explained

Gil Cohen
Native Name:גיל כהן
Native Name Lang:heb
Ethnicity:Jewish
Birth Date:7 July 1992
Birth Place:Haifa, Israel
Residence:Haifa, Israel
Height:[1]
Weight:57kg (126lb)
Country:Israel
Sport:Sailing
Event:470
Club:Hapoel Tel Aviv
Coach:Ilan Tashtach
Show-Medals:yes
Updated:9 November 2012

Gil Cohen (Hebrew: גיל כהן) (born July 7, 1992) is an Israeli Olympic sports sailor. She competed in sailing in the Women's 470 with Vered Buskila in the 2012 Summer Olympics, and in the same event with Nina Amir in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Early life

Cohen is Jewish, and was born and raised in Haifa, Israel. She studied there at the Hebrew Reali School.

Sailing career

Early years

Cohen's sailing club is Hapoel Tel Aviv, and her coach since 2008 has been Ilan Tashtach.[2]

Cohen started sailing at a young age, and was the Israeli national champion on the Optimist in 2005 and 2006, as well as in the 420 discipline in 2007 and 2008.

2008–12

In the 2008 Sailing World Championships she won a silver medal in the 420 discipline.[3]

After changing to the 470 discipline, she won a silver medal a year later, with Dana Mamriev at the 470 Junior World Championships in Thessaloniki, Greece.[4] In 2010 the duo won a bronze medal at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Semaine Olympique Francaise in Hyères, France.[2] [5]

Later in 2010, Vered Buskila and Cohen became a team following Buskila's return to competitive sailing, and Nike Kornecki's continued retirement.[6] In April 2011, the duo won a bronze medal at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Trofeo Princesa Sofia in Palma de Majorca, Spain,[7] and qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics after finishing 7th at the pre-Olympic tournament. At the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Perth, Australia, in December 2011, they finished in 4th place.[2] [8]

In August 2012, Cohen (20 years of age at the time) and Buskila finished in 15th place in the Women's 470 at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[9] [10] [11]

2014–present

Cohen was hit by a car while riding her bicycle and was seriously injured in October 2014.[12] [13] She underwent surgery, and a long period of rehabilitation.[12] [13] [14] She was not able to compete again until May 2015.[15] In March 2016 Cohen began to compete along with Israeli teenager Nina Amir.[14] They placed 9th in the 2016 Princess Sofia Trophy Regatta in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.[14] [16] Cohen and Amir thereby secured a place in sailing in the 470 event as part of the Israeli 2016 Olympics Team.[16] [17] In April 2016 they placed 18th in the 470 European Championships.[18]

They sailed in the 470 event as part of the Israeli 2016 Olympics Team in Rio in August 2016, with Cohen at the helm and Amir as the crew.[19] They finished in 18th place in the Women's 470.[20]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gil Cohen. 2012 Summer Olympics. November 9, 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120722221521/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/cohen-gil-1016042/. July 22, 2012.
  2. Web site: Sailor Biography. sailing.org.
  3. Web site: 2008 Ladies 420 Worlds Championship Results. Sail Racer. 31 July 2008. 11 August 2016. 12 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160812020115/http://www.sailracer.org/eventsuserfiles/08Wlds_LadiesGold_FinRes-20111118-113212.pdf. dead.
  4. Web site: 2009 Junior Women's 470 World Championship Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20111011135948/http://www.470.org/userfiles/docs/2009_Junior_Women_s_World_Thessaloniki_-_Official_results.pdf. dead. October 11, 2011.
  5. Web site: ISAF Sailing World Cup: Semaine Olympique Francaise 2010 Women's 470 Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20120818200712/http://origin.sailing.org/worldcup/events/hyeres-2010.php?rgtaid=11347&evntid=22182&nocache=1. dead. August 18, 2012.
  6. News: Olympics Sailing The Odd Couple With Ambition. Haaretz. Tal. Ben Ezra. 19 July 2012.
  7. Web site: ISAF Sailing World Cup: Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia MAPFRE 2011 Women's 470 Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20120818082640/http://origin.sailing.org/worldcup/events/Palma-2011.php?rgtaid=10717&evntid=20167&nocache=1. dead. August 18, 2012.
  8. Web site: 470 – Women's Two Person Dinghy Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20120627020839/http://www.perth2011.com/competition/PERTH2011/SAW005000/results. dead. June 27, 2012.
  9. Web site: 2012 Summer Olympics 470 Sailing Class Results. 2012 Summer Olympics. 11 August 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130530111245/http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/470-women/phase%3Dsaw005910/doc%3Dsummary.html. 30 May 2013.
  10. News: Women sailors finish 15th. Aaron. Kalman. The Times of Israel. 8 August 2012.
  11. News: Israel's Olympians: Gil Cohen and Vered Bouskila. The Jerusalem Post. 24 June 2012.
  12. Web site: ISRAEL'S GIL COHEN IS BACK IN COMPETITION. International 470 Class Association. 14 May 2015.
  13. Web site: Tough opening day for Aussies at 470 Europeans. My Sailing. 30 June 2015.
  14. News: Israeli Olympic profiles: Nina Amir and Gil Cohen. The Jerusalem Post. 31 July 2016.
  15. Web site: 470 Worlds Get Underway. Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 12 October 2015.
  16. Web site: Olympic sailors have a medal on their minds. Jenn. Virskus. From the Grapevine. 21 June 2016.
  17. Web site: Strong start for Argentina and Austria. James. Boyd. The Daily Sail. 7 April 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160911094303/http://www.thedailysail.com/dinghy/16/68713/0/470-european-championships-2016-day-1-report. 11 September 2016.
  18. Web site: Nina Amir Results for sailing events and championships. Sail Racer. 11 August 2016. 12 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170512084526/http://sailracer.us/sailor_results.asp?sailor=Nina. dead.
  19. News: Sailors get off to steady start. Jewish News. 11 August 2016.
  20. News: Israelis sail final race at Rio. Andrew. Sherwood. Jewish News. 16 August 2016.

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