Tomer Or

Tomer Or
Or at the 2013 World Fencing Championships
Personal information
Born	(1978-09-26) 26 September 1978 (age 46) Haifa
Nationality	Israel
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Weapon	Foil
Hand	right-handed
Years on national team	Israel
National coach	udi carmi, [1]
Club	Hapoel Haifa;[1] CE Melun Val de Seine
FIE ranking	current ranking

Tomer Or (Hebrew: תומר אור; born September 26, 1978) is an Israeli foil fencer.[2]

Early life

Or is Jewish, and was born in Haifa, Israel.[3][4] He earned an LL.B. in Law and Business from the Interdisciplinary Center, in Herzliya, Israel.[5][6]

Fencing career

Or began fencing at the age of eight, fenced at Hapoel Haifa, in Haifa, Israel, and was coached by Ohad Balva and Haim Hatuel.[1]

Or won the gold medal at the 1998 Junior World Championship in Valencia, Venezuela, and the silver medal in 1994 in Mexico City, Mexico.[5]

He is a 10-time Israel Senior National Champion.[5] He won gold medals in Senior World Cups in Budapest (2002), Copenhagen (2005), Vancouver (2006), and Havana (2007).[5]

He fenced on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, and came in 17th.[2][7]

At the 2009 World Fencing Championships, he advanced to the third round when his scheduled opponent, Mohammed Hussein Ibrahimi, failed to show up, part of a pattern of Iranians not showing up to face Israelis at the competition.[8]

In 2009, he won the gold medal at the 2009 Maccabiah Games in men's foil.[9]

He came in fifth at the 2014 European Fencing Championships in Strasbourg, France.[1]

Coaching career

Or received his coaching diploma from Wingate Institute for Physical Education and Sport in Netanya, Israel, in 2005.[5] He started his coaching career 2005 at the Haifa Fencing Club in Israel.[5] From 2010 he was assistant coach at St John's University in New York City, before he returned to Israel.[10][1]

References

1. Fencer - OR Tomer - ISRAEL - FIE - International Fencing Federation
2. "Fencing – Tomer Or (Israel): season totals". The-sports.org. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
3. "Jews in the Olympics: 63 Athletes, 7 Countries". Jewishinstlouis.org. Archived from the original on April 7, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
4. "Tomer Or Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. August 13, 2008. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
5. "Tomer Or". Manhattan Fencing Center. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
6. "Tomer Or". Fie.ch. September 26, 1978. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
7. "Israel at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
8. Hipsh, Rami (October 13, 2011). "Fencing / Iran keeps up Israel boycott, forfeits again". Haaretz. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
9. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
10. "Tomer Or". redstormsports.com.

External links

• Tomer Or at the International Fencing Federation
• Tomer Or at the European Fencing Confederation
• Tomer Or at Olympics.com
• Tomer Or at Olympedia
• Tomer Or at the European Fencing Confederation