Gil Ofer (also spelled Gil Offer,https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=4061659317216801&id=463230570393045 he, גיל עופר; born July 15, 1976) is an Israeli former Olympic

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and coach.

Personal life

He is a cousin of American Olympian fencer

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Judo career

Ofer won the

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in judo in the under-73 kilograms weight class at the

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Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

, and won the British Open in Birmingham, England in 1998. In 2000, he was ranked third on the European Circuit in his judo class (73 kilograms). Ofer won the Judo World Cups in

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in May 2000 and in

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in June 2000. Ofer competed for

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in Men's under 73 kg Judo. He came in tied for 13th place. In 2002 he won the Israeli Championship at U90, and in 2005 he won the Israeli Championship at U81.

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* * * 1976 births Living people Israeli male judoka Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Israel Olympic judoka of Israel Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Maccabiah Games medalists in judo Competitors at the 1997 Maccabiah Games {{Israel-judo-bio-stub