Gili Cohen

Personal information
Native name	גילי כהן‎
Born	(1991-06-19) June 19, 1991 (age 32)
Occupation	Judoka
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
Country	Israel
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–52 kg
Rank	3rd dan black belt[1]
Retired	24 August 2021[2]
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	R16 (2016, 2020)
World Champ.	5th (2017)
European Champ.	(2014)
Medal record Women's judo Representing  Israel European Championships 2014 Montpellier ‍–‍52 kg IJF Grand Slam 2016 Baku ‍–‍52 kg 2019 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍52 kg 2021 Tel Aviv ‍–‍52 kg 2013 Moscow ‍–‍52 kg 2017 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍52 kg 2018 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍52 kg 2021 Antalya ‍–‍52 kg IJF Grand Prix 2014 Tbilisi ‍–‍52 kg 2013 Almaty ‍–‍52 kg 2013 Tashkent ‍–‍52 kg 2016 Tbilisi ‍–‍52 kg 2016 Almaty ‍–‍52 kg 2017 Antalya ‍–‍52 kg 2019 Tel Aviv ‍–‍52 kg 2019 Tbilisi ‍–‍52 kg 2014 Havana ‍–‍52 kg 2014 Zagreb ‍–‍52 kg 2014 Astana ‍–‍52 kg 2014 Jeju ‍–‍52 kg 2015 Tashkent ‍–‍52 kg 2016 Samsun ‍–‍52 kg European U23 Championships 2013 Samokov ‍–‍52 kg Maccabiah Games 2017 Israel ‍–‍57 kg 2009 Israel ‍–‍57 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	3908
JudoInside.com	47029
Updated on 18 May 2023.

Gili Cohen (Hebrew: גילי כהן; born June 19, 1991) is an Israeli retired^[2] Olympic judoka.^[3] In 2013, she won the silver medal at the European U23 Championships, and she was a bronze medalist at the 2014 European Judo Championships.^[4][5] She competed for Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Judo career

Cohen has been Israeli judo champion in the U52kg category seven times in a row - from 2011 through to 2017.^[3] She won a bronze medal in the 2009 Maccabiah Games.^[6]

In 2013, she won the silver medal at the European U23 Championships.^[7][8] She won the bronze medal at the 2013 Moscow Grand Slam,^[9][10] and the gold medal at the 2014 Tbilisi Grand Prix.^[11][12][13] She was the bronze medalist at the 2014 European Judo Championships in Montpellier.^[4][5]

Cohen won the gold medal at the 2016 Baku Grand Slam,^[14][15] 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.^[16] She also won the bronze medals at the 2016 Samsun Grand Prix^[17][18] and the 2016 Almaty Grand Prix.^[19][20]

Cohen competed for Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics, while she was ranked 9th in the world judo ranking.^[21] She lost to Christianne Legentil of Mauritius in the Women's 52 kg tournament.^[21]

In April 2017, she won the silver medal at the Antalya Grand Prix in the Women's 52 kg.^[22][23]

At the 2017 Maccabiah Games, Cohen won the gold medal in the under-52 kg judo event.^[24]

In 2021, she won the silver medal in her event at the Tel Aviv Grand Slam.^[25][26][27] later that year, Cohen won a bronze medal in her event at the Antalya Grand Slam.^[28][29][30]

After a long contest with Gefen Primo, Cohen was chosen to represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's 52 kg weight category.
In her first match, Cohen beat Turkmenistan's Gülbadam Babamuratowa by ippon. At the round of 16, She lost to Belgian two-time European champion Charline Van Snick, ending her part in the individual competition.^{[31][32][33][34]}

Titles

Source:^[35]

Year	Tournament	Place	Ref.
2013	Grand Slam Moscow		[9][10]
	Grand Prix Almaty		[36][37]
	Grand Prix Tashkent		[38][39]
2014	Grand Prix Tbilisi		[11][12]
	European Championships		[4][5]
	Grand Prix Havana		[40][41]
	Grand Prix Zagreb		[42][43]
	Grand Prix Astana		[44][45]
	Grand Prix Jeju		[46][47]
2015	Grand Prix Tashkent		[48][49]
2016	Grand Prix Tbilisi		[50][51]
	Grand Prix Samsun		[17][18]
	Grand Slam Baku		[14][15]
	Grand Prix Almaty		[19][20]
2017	Grand Prix Antalya		[22][23]
	Grand Slam Abu Dhabi		[52][53]
2018	Grand Slam Abu Dhabi		[54][55]
2019	Grand Prix Tel Aviv		[56][57]
	Grand Slam Ekaterinburg		[58][59]
	Grand Prix Tbilisi		[60][61]
2021	Grand Slam Tel Aviv		[26][27]
	Grand Slam Antalya		[29][30]