Gili Cohen

Gili Cohen (Hebrew: גילי כהן, born June 19, 1991) is an Israeli Olympic judoka.[1] In 2013, she won the silver medal at the European U23, and she was a bronze medalist at the 2014 European Judo Championships.[2]

Not to be confused with Gil Cohen.
Gili Cohen
Personal information
Native nameגילי כהן
Born (1991-06-19) June 19, 1991
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
CountryIsrael
SportJudo
Event(s)Women's -52 kg
Achievements and titles
National finalsIsraeli Champion (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017)
Medal record
Judo
Representing  Israel
European Judo Championships
2014 Montpellier –52 kg
Maccabiah Games
2017 Israel –57 kg

Judo career

Cohen has been Israeli judo champion in the U52kg category seven times in a row - from 2011 through to 2017.[3]

In 2013, she won the silver medal at the European U23.[1] She won the bronze medal at the 2013 Moscow Grand Slam,[4] and the gold medal at the 2014 Tbilisi Grand Prix.[5][6] She was the bronze medalist at the 2014 European Judo Championships in Montpellier.[2][1]

Cohen won the gold medal at the 2016 Baku Grand Slam,[7] beating Asian Championships silver medalist Ma Yingnan of China in the semi-final and defeating world number 12 Odette Giuffrida of Italy in the final.[8] She also won the bronze medals at the 2016 Samsun Grand Prix[9] and the 2016 Almaty Grand Prix.[10][3]

Cohen competed for Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics, while she was ranked 9th in the world judo ranking.[11] She lost to Christianne Legentil of Mauritius in the Women’s 52kg tournament.[11]

In April 2017, she won the silver medal at the Antalya Grand Prix in the Women’s 52kg.[12][3]

At the 2017 Maccabiah Games, Cohen won the gold medal in the under-52kg judo event.[13]

Titles

Source: [14]

YearTournamentPlaceRef.
2013 Grand Slam Moscow[4]
Grand Prix Almaty[15]
Grand Prix Tashkent[16]
2014 Grand Prix Tbilisi[5]
European Championships[2]
Grand Prix Havana[17]
Grand Prix Zagreb[18]
Grand Prix Astana[19]
Grand Prix Jeju[20]
2015 Grand Prix Tashkent[21]
2016 Grand Prix Tbilisi[22]
Grand Prix Samsun[9]
Grand Slam Baku[7]
Grand Prix Almaty[10]
2017 Grand Prix Antalya[12]
Grand Slam Abu Dhabi[23]
2018 Grand Slam Abu Dhabi[24]
2019 Grand Prix Tel Aviv[25]
Grand Slam Ekaterinburg[26]
Grand Prix Tbilisi[27]

References
  1. "Gili Cohen, Judoka, JudoInside".
  2. "2014 European Championships". ijf.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  3. Gili Cohen, Judoka, JudoInside
  4. "2013 Grand Slam Moscow". ijf.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  5. "2014 Grand Prix Tbilisi". ijf.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  6. "JudoInside - News - Gili Cohen takes revenge against Giuffrida in tight final".
  7. "2016 Grand Slam Baku". ijf.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  8. "Israeli judoka wins gold at Grand Slam in Baku".
  9. "2016 Grand Prix Samsun". ijf.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  10. "2016 Grand Prix Almaty". ijf.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  11. "Judoka Gili Cohen booted by Mauritius".
  12. "2017 Grand Prix Antalya". ijf.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  13. "Ervin captures gold in 100-meter freestyle," The Jerusalem Post.
  14. "Gili Cohen — Tournament results". ijf.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  15. "2013 Grand Prix Almaty". ijf.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  16. "2013 Grand Prix Tashkent". ijf.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  17. "2014 Grand Prix Havana". ijf.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  18. "2014 Grand Prix Zagreb". ijf.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  19. "2014 Grand Prix Astana". ijf.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  20. "2014 Grand Prix Jeju". ijf.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  21. "2015 Grand Prix Tashkent". ijf.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  22. "2016 Grand Prix Tbilisi". ijf.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  23. "2017 Grand Slam Abu Dhabi". ijf.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  24. "2018 Grand Slam Abu Dhabi". ijf.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  25. "2019 Grand Prix Tel Aviv". ijf.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  26. "2019 Grand Slam Ekaterinburg". ijf.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  27. "2019 Grand Prix Tbilisi". ijf.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
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