Gezi Cohen is (גזי כהן; sometimes "Gazi"; born in 1938) is an Israeli former Olympic weightlifter.
Cohen was born in
Baghdad, Iraq.
Weightlifting career
He competed for
Israel at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, in
Weightlifting--Men's Featherweight.
Cohen came in 19th after lifting total in his best lifts in
military press,
snatch, and
clean & jerk
The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ...
.
When he competed in the Olympics, he was 5'4.5" (165 cm) tall, and weighed .
References
External links
"Gazi Cohen" the-sports.org
1938 births
Living people
Olympic weightlifters for Israel
Iraqi emigrants to Israel
Israeli male weightlifters
Weightlifters at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Israeli people of Iraqi-Jewish descent
Sportspeople from Baghdad
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