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Gezi Cohen

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Native name
  
גזי כהן

Weight
  
132 lb (60 kg)

Sport
  
Weightlifting

Height
  
5-4.5 (165 cm)

Country
  
Israel

Weight class
  
Featherweight

Born
  
1938 (age 78–79)
Baghdad, Iraq

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 285 kg total in his best lifts in military press, snatch, and clean & jerk. When he competed in the Olympics, he was 5-4.5 (165 cm) tall, and weighed 132 lbs (60 kg).

References

Gezi Cohen Wikipedia