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