Gil Cohen

Gil Cohen

Gil Cohen at a consolidation event of the Olympic Committee of Israel in Eilat, 2012
Personal information
Native name גיל כהן
Ethnicity Jewish
Born (1992-07-07) July 7, 1992
Haifa, Israel
Residence Haifa, Israel
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight 57 kg (126 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Israel
Sport Sailing
Event(s) 470
Club Hapoel Tel Aviv[1]
Coached by Ilan Tashtach[1]
Updated on 9 November 2012.

Gil Cohen (Hebrew: גיל כהן) (born July 7, 1992) is an Israeli Olympic sports sailor.

Early life

Cohen was born and raised in Haifa and studied at the Hebrew Reali School.

Career

Cohen started sailing at a young age, and was the national champion on the Optimist in 2005 and 2006, as well as in the 420 discipline in 2007 and 2008.

In the 2008 Sailing World Championships she won a silver medal in the 420 discipline.[2] After changing to the 470 discipline, she won a silver medal a year later, with Dana Mamriev at the 470 Junior World Championships.[3] In 2010 the duo won a bronze medal at the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Hyères.[4]

In 2010, following Vered Buskila's return to competitive sailing, and Nike Kornecki's continued retirement, Buskila and Cohen became a team.[5] In 2011, the duo won a bronze medal at the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Palma,[6] and qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics after finishing 7th at the pre-Olympic tournament. At the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships they finished 4th place.[7] However, they only managed to finish 15th place at the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 470 class.[8][9]

References

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