Native name גיל עופר Division U73-U90 | Nationality Israel | |
Born July 15, 1986 (age 30) ( 1986-07-15 ) Notable relatives American Olympian fencer Tamir Bloom is his cousin | ||
Gil Ofer (גיל עופר; born July 15, 1976) is an Israeli judoka.
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Personal life
He is a cousin of American Olympian fencer Tamir Bloom.
Judo career
Ofer won the gold medal in judo in the under-73 kilograms weight class at the 1997 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, and won the British Open in Birmingham, England in 1978.
In 2000, he was ranked third on the European Circuit in his judo class (73 kilograms). Ofer won the Judo World Cups in Sofia in May 2000 and in Minsk in June 2000.
Ofer competed for Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia in Men's Lightweight 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.
References
Gil Ofer Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA