Gil Ofer Explained

Native Name Lang:Hebrew
Birth Date:15 July 1976
Occupation:Judo coach
Weight Class:71 kg, 73 kg
Rank Ref:[1]
Dan:3
Worlds Rank:13
Worlds Year:1999
Worlds Weight:Men's 73 kg
Regionals Type:EU
Regionals Rank:9
Regionals Year:1996
Regionals Weight:Men's 71 kg
Olympics Rank:13
Olympics Year:2000
Olympics Weight:Men's 73 kg
Updated: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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Association board meeting protocol 18 June 2020 . . 22 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230107231533/https://www.ija.org.il/html5/web/11009/35297ImageFile3.pdf . 7 January 2023 . 18 June 2020 . he.
  2. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=4061659317216801&id=463230570393045
  3. Gil Ofer. https://web.archive.org/web/20161203175847/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/of/gil-ofer-1.html . 3 December 2016 .
  4. Web site: Gil Offer, Judoka, JudoInside .
  5. http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?ID=159 "Ofer, Gil", jewsinsports.org
  6. Web site: Judo at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Lightweight . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418024310/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/JUD/mens-lightweight.html . dead . 2020-04-18 .