Gil Cohen (sailor)

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Gil Cohen
Gil Cohen at a consolidation event of the Olympic Committee of Israel in Eilat, Israel, in 2012
Personal information
Native nameגיל כהן
Born (1992-07-07) July 7, 1992 (age 32)
Haifa, Israel
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight57 kg (126 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryIsrael
SportSailing
Event470
ClubHapoel Tel Aviv[1]
Coached byIlan Tashtach[1]
Medal record
Women's sailing
Representing  Israel
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Vilamoura Mixed 470
Silver medal – second place 2008 Kallithea Women's 420
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Thessaloniki 470
Updated on 9 November 2012

Gil Cohen (Hebrew: גיל כהן) (born July 7, 1992) is an Israeli Olympic sports sailor. She competed in sailing in the Women's 470 with Vered Buskila in the 2012 Summer Olympics, and in the same event with Nina Amir in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Early life

Cohen is Jewish, and was born and raised in Haifa, Israel. She studied there at the Hebrew Reali School.

Sailing career

Early years

Cohen's sailing club is Hapoel Tel Aviv, and her coach since 2008 has been Ilan Tashtach.[2]

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

2008–12

In the 2008 Sailing World Championships she won a silver medal in the 420 discipline.[3]

After changing to the 470 discipline, she won a silver medal a year later, with Dana Mamriev at the 470 Junior World Championships in Thessaloniki, Greece.[4] In 2010 the duo won a bronze medal at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Semaine Olympique Francaise in Hyères, France.[2][5]

Later in 2010, Vered Buskila and Cohen became a team following Buskila's return to competitive sailing, and Nike Kornecki's continued retirement.[6] In April 2011, the duo won a bronze medal at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Trofeo Princesa Sofia in Palma de Majorca, Spain,[7] and qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics after finishing 7th at the pre-Olympic tournament. At the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Perth, Australia, in December 2011, they finished in 4th place.[2][8]

In August 2012, Cohen (20 years of age at the time) and Buskila finished in 15th place in the Women's 470 at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[9][10][11]

2014–present

Cohen was hit by a car while riding her bicycle and was seriously injured in October 2014.[12][13] She underwent surgery, and a long period of rehabilitation.[12][13][14] She was not able to compete again until May 2015.[15] In March 2016 Cohen began to compete along with Israeli teenager Nina Amir.[14] They placed 9th in the 2016 Princess Sofia Trophy Regatta in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.[14][16] Cohen and Amir thereby secured a place in sailing in the 470 event as part of the Israeli 2016 Olympics Team.[16][17] In April 2016 they placed 18th in the 470 European Championships.[18]

They sailed in the 470 event as part of the Israeli 2016 Olympics Team in Rio in August 2016, with Cohen at the helm and Amir as the crew.[19] They finished in 18th place in the Women's 470.[20]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Gil Cohen". 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Sailor Biography". sailing.org.
  3. ^ "2008 Ladies 420 Worlds Championship Results" (PDF). Sail Racer. 31 July 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  4. ^ "2009 Junior Women's 470 World Championship Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 11, 2011.
  5. ^ "ISAF Sailing World Cup: Semaine Olympique Francaise 2010 Women's 470 Results". Archived from the original on August 18, 2012.
  6. ^ Ben Ezra, Tal (19 July 2012). "Olympics Sailing The Odd Couple With Ambition". Haaretz.
  7. ^ "ISAF Sailing World Cup: Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia MAPFRE 2011 Women's 470 Results". Archived from the original on August 18, 2012.
  8. ^ "470 – Women's Two Person Dinghy Results". Archived from the original on June 27, 2012.
  9. ^ "2012 Summer Olympics 470 Sailing Class Results". 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 May 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  10. ^ Kalman, Aaron (8 August 2012). "Women sailors finish 15th". The Times of Israel.
  11. ^ "Israel's Olympians: Gil Cohen and Vered Bouskila". The Jerusalem Post. 24 June 2012.
  12. ^ a b "ISRAEL'S GIL COHEN IS BACK IN COMPETITION". International 470 Class Association. 14 May 2015.
  13. ^ a b "Tough opening day for Aussies at 470 Europeans". My Sailing. 30 June 2015.
  14. ^ a b c "Israeli Olympic profiles: Nina Amir and Gil Cohen". The Jerusalem Post. 31 July 2016.
  15. ^ "470 Worlds Get Underway". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 12 October 2015.
  16. ^ a b Virskus, Jenn (21 June 2016). "Olympic sailors have a medal on their minds". From the Grapevine.
  17. ^ Boyd, James (7 April 2016). "Strong start for Argentina and Austria". The Daily Sail. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016.
  18. ^ "Nina Amir Results for sailing events and championships". Sail Racer. Archived from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  19. ^ "Sailors get off to steady start". Jewish News. 11 August 2016.
  20. ^ Sherwood, Andrew (16 August 2016). "Israelis sail final race at Rio". Jewish News.