Gili Cohen Explained

Gili Cohen
Native Name Lang:Hebrew
Birth Date:1991 6, mf=yes
Rank:Black
Rank Ref:[1]
Dan:3
Weight Class:–52 kg
Retired:24 August 2021[2]
Worlds Rank:5
Worlds Year:2017
Worlds Weight:Women's 52 kg
Regionals Type:EU
Regionals Rank:3
Regionals Year:2014
Regionals Weight:Women's 52 kg
Olympics Rank:R16
Olympics Year:2016
Olympics Weight:Women's 52 kg
Olympics Year2:2020
Olympics Weight2:Women's 52 kg
Updated:18 May 2023

Gili Cohen (Hebrew: גילי כהן; born June 19, 1991) is an Israeli retired[2] Olympic judoka.[3] In 2013, she won the silver medal at the European U23 Championships, and she was a bronze medalist at the 2014 European Judo Championships.[4] [5] She competed for Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Judo career

Cohen has been Israeli judo champion in the U52kg category seven times in a row - from 2011 through to 2017.[3] She won a bronze medal in the 2009 Maccabiah Games.[6]

In 2013, she won the silver medal at the European U23 Championships.[7] [8] She won the bronze medal at the 2013 Moscow Grand Slam,[9] [10] and the gold medal at the 2014 Tbilisi Grand Prix.[11] [12] [13] She was the bronze medalist at the 2014 European Judo Championships in Montpellier.[4] [5]

Cohen won the gold medal at the 2016 Baku Grand Slam,[14] [15] beating Asian Championships silver medalist Ma Yingnan of China in the semi-final and defeating world number 12 Odette Giuffrida of Italy in the final.[16] She also won the bronze medals at the 2016 Samsun Grand Prix[17] [18] and the 2016 Almaty Grand Prix.[19] [20]

Cohen competed for Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics, while she was ranked 9th in the world judo ranking.[21] She lost to Christianne Legentil of Mauritius in the Women's 52 kg tournament.[21]

In April 2017, she won the silver medal at the Antalya Grand Prix in the Women's 52 kg.[22] [23]

At the 2017 Maccabiah Games, Cohen won the gold medal in the under-52 kg judo event.[24]

In 2021, she won the silver medal in her event at the Tel Aviv Grand Slam.[25] [26] [27] later that year, Cohen won a bronze medal in her event at the Antalya Grand Slam.[28] [29] [30]

After a long contest with Gefen Primo, Cohen was chosen to represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's 52 kg weight category.
In her first match, Cohen beat Turkmenistan's Gülbadam Babamuratowa by ippon. At the round of 16, She lost to Belgian two-time European champion Charline Van Snick, ending her part in the individual competition.[31] [32] [33] [34]

Titles

Source:[35]

Year Tournament Place Ref.
2013Grand Slam Moscow
Grand Prix Almaty [36] [37]
Grand Prix Tashkent [38] [39]
2014Grand Prix Tbilisi
Grand Prix Havana [40] [41]
Grand Prix Zagreb [42] [43]
Grand Prix Astana [44] [45]
[46] [47]
2015[48] [49]
2016[50] [51]
2017
[52] [53]
2018[54] [55]
2019[56] [57]
[58] [59]
[60] [61]
2021

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Association board meeting protocol 01/09/2021 . . 21 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230107231305/https://www.ija.org.il/html5/web/11009/38524ImageFile3.pdf . 7 January 2023 . 16 March 2022 . he.
  2. News: Maman . Asi . Gili Cohen retires: I've ended this chapter in my life . 24 August 2021 . . 24 August 2021 . Hebrew.
  3. Web site: Gili Cohen . JudoInside.com . 27 June 2021.
  4. Web site: 2014 European Championships. . 15 January 2021.
  5. Web site: 2014 European Championships . JudoInside.com . 27 June 2021.
  6. Web site: JudoInside - Maccabiah Games Tel Aviv Event .
  7. Web site: 2013 European U23 Championships . . 27 June 2021.
  8. Web site: 2013 European U23 Championships . JudoInside.com . 8 May 2021.
  9. Web site: 2013 Grand Slam Moscow . . 15 January 2021.
  10. Web site: 2013 Grand Slam Moscow . JudoInside.com . 27 June 2021.
  11. Web site: 2014 Grand Prix Tbilisi . . 15 January 2021.
  12. Web site: 2014 Grand Prix Tbilisi . JudoInside.com . 27 June 2021.
  13. News: Pickering . Mark . Gili Cohen takes revenge against Giuffrida in tight final . 27 June 2021 . JudoInside.com . 6 May 2016.
  14. Web site: 2016 Grand Slam Baku . . 15 January 2021.
  15. Web site: 2016 Grand Slam Baku . JudoInside.com . 27 June 2021.
  16. News: Israeli judoka wins gold at Grand Slam in Baku . 27 June 2021 . . 6 May 2016.
  17. Web site: 2016 Grand Prix Samsun . . 15 January 2021.
  18. Web site: 2016 Grand Prix Samsun . JudoInside.com . 27 June 2021.
  19. Web site: 2016 Grand Prix Almaty. . 15 January 2021.
  20. Web site: 2016 Grand Prix Almaty. JudoInside.com . 27 June 2021.
  21. News: Judoka Gili Cohen booted by Mauritius . 27 June 2021 . . 7 August 2016.
  22. Web site: 2017 Grand Prix Antalya. . 15 January 2021.
  23. Web site: 2017 Grand Prix Antalya . JudoInside.com . 27 June 2021.
  24. News: Sinai . Allon . Ervin captures gold in 100-meter freestyle . 27 June 2021 . . 9 July 2017.
  25. News: Rowbottom. Mike. 18 February 2021. Shock defeats for Kelmendi and Bilodid at Tel Aviv Grand Slam. . 22 February 2021.
  26. Web site: 2021 Grand Slam Tel Aviv. . 18 February 2021.
  27. Web site: 2021 Grand Slam Tel Aviv . JudoInside.com . 27 June 2021.
  28. News: Shefferd. Neil. 1 April 2021. Canadian and Italian national rivals compete for gold on opening day of IJF Antalya Grand Slam. . 2 April 2021.
  29. Web site: 2021 Grand Slam Antalya. . 1 April 2021.
  30. Web site: 2021 Grand Slam Antalya . JudoInside.com . 27 June 2021.
  31. Web site: 2020 Summer Olympics. . 27 July 2021.
  32. Web site: 2020 Summer Olympics. live.ijf.org . 27 July 2021.
  33. Web site: 2020 Summer Olympics — Individual. JudoInside.com . 27 July 2021.
  34. Web site: Judo Cohen Gili — Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . 27 July 2021 . 27 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210727104139/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/judo/athlete-profile-n1283122-cohen-gili.htm . dead .
  35. Web site: Gili Cohen — Tournament results . . 15 January 2021.
  36. Web site: 2013 Grand Prix Almaty. . 15 January 2021.
  37. Web site: 2013 Grand Prix Almaty. JudoInside.com . 27 June 2021.
  38. Web site: 2013 Grand Prix Tashkent . . 15 January 2021.
  39. Web site: 2013 Grand Prix Tashkent . JudoInside.com . 27 June 2021.
  40. Web site: 2014 Grand Prix Havana. . 15 January 2021.
  41. Web site: 2014 Grand Prix Havana . JudoInside.com . 27 June 2021.
  42. Web site: 2014 Grand Prix Zagreb. . 15 January 2021.
  43. Web site: 2014 Grand Prix Zagreb . JudoInside.com . 27 June 2021.
  44. Web site: 2014 Grand Prix Astana. . 15 January 2021.
  45. Web site: 2014 Grand Prix Astana. JudoInside.com . 27 June 2021.
  46. Web site: 2014 Grand Prix Jeju . . 15 January 2021.
  47. Web site: 2014 Grand Prix Jeju . JudoInside.com . 27 June 2021.
  48. Web site: 2015 Grand Prix Tashkent . . 15 January 2021.
  49. Web site: 2015 Grand Prix Tashkent . JudoInside.com . 27 June 2021.
  50. Web site: 2016 Grand Prix Tbilisi . . 15 January 2021.
  51. Web site: 2016 Grand Prix Tbilisi . JudoInside.com . 27 June 2021.
  52. Web site: 2017 Grand Slam Abu Dhabi . . 15 January 2021.
  53. Web site: 2017 Grand Slam Abu Dhabi . JudoInside.com . 27 June 2021.
  54. Web site: 2018 Grand Slam Abu Dhabi . . 15 January 2021.
  55. Web site: 2018 Grand Slam Abu Dhabi . JudoInside.com . 27 June 2021.
  56. Web site: 2019 Grand Prix Tel Aviv. . 15 January 2021.
  57. Web site: 2019 Grand Prix Tel Aviv . JudoInside.com . 27 June 2021.
  58. Web site: 2019 Grand Slam Ekaterinburg . . 15 January 2021.
  59. Web site: 2019 Grand Slam Ekaterinburg . JudoInside.com . 27 June 2021.
  60. Web site: 2019 Grand Prix Tbilisi . . 15 January 2021.
  61. Web site: 2019 Grand Prix Tbilisi . JudoInside.com . 27 June 2021.