Shahar Gordon (שחר גורדון; born June 7, 1980) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the forward and center positions. He played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and for the

Israeli national basketball team The Israel men's national basketball team ( he, נבחרת ישראל בכדורסל) represents Israel in international basketball tournaments. They are administered by the Israeli Basketball Association. Israel is currently ranked 33rd in the ...

Biography

Gordon was born in

Ramat Gan, Israel Ramat Gan ( he, רָמַת גַּן or , ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv and part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. It is home to one of the world's major diamond exchanges, and man ...

, and is Jewish. His parents are Zeev (an attorney) and Claire Gordon (an educational researcher at the

Open University of Israel The Open University of Israel ( he, האוניברסיטה הפתוחה, ''Ha-Universita ha-Ptuha'') is a distance-education university in Israel. It is one of ten public universities in Israel recognized by the Council of Higher Education (C ...

). He is 6' 10" (208 cm) tall. He attended St. Thomas More School in

Oakdale, Connecticut Montville is a town in New London County, Connecticut in the United States. The population was 18,387 at the 2020 census. The villages of Chesterfield, Mohegan, Oakdale, and Uncasville are located within the town; the latter two have their own ...

. As a senior Gordon averaged 13 points and eight rebounds per game, and received the school's Scholar-Athlete Award. Gordon attended the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

('00). He played for the California Golden Bears from 1998-2000. He left to return to Israel to serve in the Israel Defense Forces. He played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played in Israel for

Ironi Ramat Gan Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan ( he, מכבי עירוני רמת גן, formerly Ironi Ramat Gan) is a male basketball club based in Ramat Gan in central Israel. The team plays in Liga Leumit, the second division in Israeli basketball. It plays at the Sha ...

Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Jerusalem is a sport organization in Jerusalem as a local branch of the Hapoel movement. The branch was established in the 1920s and represents the city in more sports than any other sport organization in Jerusalem. Today, the club's leadi ...

, Maccabi Rishon LeZion, Givat Shmuel-Petach Tikva, and

Ramat Hasharon Ramat HaSharon ( he, רָמַת הַשָּׁרוֹן, ''lit.'' '' Sharon Heights'', ar, رمات هشارون) is a city located on Israel's central coastal strip in the south of the Sharon region, bordering Tel Aviv to the south, Hod HaSharon ...

. Gordon played for the

in the 1995 FIBA European Championship for Cadets, 1998 FIBA U18 Euro Championship (and was the team captain), 2000 European Championship for Young Men, 2001 World Championship for Young Men, 2001 European Championship for Men, 2003 European Championship for Men, and 2006 EuroCup.

References

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