Gili Cohen
Gili Cohen Hebrew גילי כהן(Born June 19, 1991 in Jerusalem ) is an Israeli judoka . She fights in the weight class up to 52 kg (half-light weight) and is multiple national champion.
In 2013, she won the silver medal at the European Junior Championships (U23). At the European Judo Championships in Montpellier , she reached third place in 2014.
At the Grand Slam in Baku 2016, Cohen met Odette Giuffrida (Italy), the twelfth in the world rankings, in the final , who was the favorite on the mat, especially since she won four out of five previous matches. A Shido penalty against Giuffrida earned Gili Cohen her first gold medal in a Grand Slam. This success placed Cohen in the top ten of the world rankings.
Cohen was part of the Israeli delegation at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . She had to experience "that Joud Fahmy from Saudi Arabia , who was set to fight her, broke off a fight for flimsy reasons in order not to have to meet the Israeli." Cohen succeeded after a very good 2016 season in Rio de France Janeiro not an Olympic success. She was defeated by Christianne Legentil ( Mauritius ) and left early.
At the Grand Slam in Abu Dhabi , Cohen won the bronze medal in 2017, but competed (as did Tal Flicker , who won gold) for the International Judo Federation , not for the State of Israel. A year later, the Judo Federation was able to enforce equal treatment for Israeli judoka at the host. Gili Cohen took third place in Abu Dhabi in 2018.
Web links
- JudoInside: Gili Cohen Judoka
- Martin Krauss: Always having trouble with judo . In: taz , October 28, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Krauss: Always trouble with judo. In: taz. October 28, 2017, accessed November 1, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cohen, Gili |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | גילי כהן (Hebrew) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli judoka |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1991 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jerusalem |