Gili Sharir

Not to be confused with Gili Cohen.

Gili Sharir
Personal information
Native nameגילי שריר‎
NationalityIsraeli
Born (1999-11-22) 22 November 1999 (age 25)
OccupationJudoka
Sport
Country Israel
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍63 kg
Rank     2nd dan black belt[1]
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR32 (2020, 2024)
World Champ.R16 (2018, 2019, 2022,
R16( 2023)
European Champ.Silver (2023)
Highest world ranking3rd[2][3]
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Israel
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Mixed team
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tashkent Mixed team
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Montpellier ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Sofia ‍–‍63 kg
World Masters
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Jerusalem ‍–‍63 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2023 Paris ‍–‍63 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Ulaanbaatar ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Ulaanbaatar ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Baku ‍–‍63 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2018 Hohhot ‍–‍63 kg
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Podgorica ‍–‍63 kg
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Maribor ‍–‍63 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF20212
JudoInside.com51630
Updated on 30 July 2024

Gili Sharir (Hebrew: גילי שריר; born 22 November 1999) is an Israeli judoka and Olympic bronze medalist, having won a bronze medal in mixed team event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4][5] Sharir also won a bronze at the mixed team event of the 2022 World Championships. At the European Championships, she won a bronze medal in 2022 and a silver medal in 2023. Sharir represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in judo in the women's 63 kg, and in the mixed team event, at which Team Israel came in ninth.

Early life

Sharir grew up in moshav Mazor in Israel, where her parents Danit and Danny still reside, and is Jewish.[6][7]

Judo career

2016–20; European junior championships silver medal

Sharir won the gold medals at the 2016 European Cup U21 Athens in Greece, and the European Cup Cadets Antalya in Turkey, and a silver medal at the European Cup Cadets Coimbra in Portugal.[5] She also won the silver medal at the 2016 Israeli U21 Championships in Ra'anana.[5]

Sharir won the silver medal at the 2017 European Junior Championships in Maribor, Slovenia,[8][9][10][11] and a bronze at the 2017 European U23 Championships in Podgorica in Montenegro.[12][13][14][15] She also won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Cup Sarajevo.[5] She won the gold medal at the 2017 Israeli Championships in Ra'anana.[5]

At the 2018 Hohhot Grand Prix, Sharir won the silver medal.[5][16][17] She won the gold medal at the 2018 Israeli Championships in Tel Aviv.[5] She also won the gold medal at the 2018 Israeli U21 Championships in Haifa.[5]

2020 Tokyo Olympics (in 2021); bronze medal

Sharir represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics, competing at the women's 63 kg weight category. She lost in the first round to the five-time Oceanian Champion, Australian Katharina Haecker.[18][19][20][21] Sharir a bronze medal in the mixed team event.[5]

2021–present; European championship silver medal

At the 2022 European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, Sharir won a bronze medal.[5] At the 2022 World Championships, she won a bronze medal in the mixed team event. she won a silver medal at the 2022 Ulaanbaatar Grand Slam and bronze medals at the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam and the 2022 World Masters in Jerusalem, Israel.[5]

Sharir won a silver medal at the 2023 European Championships in Montpellier, France.[5] She dedicated her medal "To all the abducted and murdered (in the 7 October attacks), they were with me every moment in my thoughts, they gave me a lot of strength and motivation.".[22] Sharir won a gold medal at the 2023 Paris Grand Slam and bronze medals at the 2023 Ulaanbaatar Grand Slam in Mongolia and the 2023 Baku Grand Slam.[5] She also won the silver medal at the 2023 Israeli Championships in Eilat.[5]

2024 Paris Olympics

Sharir represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in judo in the women's 63 kg, where she was defeated by French reigning Olympic champion judoka Clarisse Agbegnenou, and in the mixed team event, at which Israel came in ninth.[23]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Association board meeting protocol 01/09/2021" (PDF). Israel Judo Association (in Hebrew). 16 March 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  2. ^ "IJF World Ranking List" (PDF). International Judo Federation. 6 February 2023. p. 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  3. ^ "World Ranking List, Women –63 kg". International Judo Federation. 6 February 2023. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  4. ^ "IJF Profile". IJF.org. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "JudoInside Profile". judoinside.com. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  6. ^ Hilaie, Sivan (31 July 2021). "From Jerusalem to Moshav Mazor: The famalies of the judo team celebrated the medal". Ynet sport (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  7. ^ "The Jewish Sport Report: A Jewish guide to Super Bowl Sunday".
  8. ^ "2017 European U21 Championships" (PDF). European Judo Union. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  9. ^ "2017 European U21 Championships". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  10. ^ "2017 European U21 Championships". JudoInside. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  11. ^ "2017 European Junior Championships". live.ijf.org. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  12. ^ "2017 European U23 Championships" (PDF). European Judo Union. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  13. ^ "2017 European U23 Championships". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  14. ^ "2017 European U23 Championships". JudoInside. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  15. ^ "2017 European U23 Championships". live.ijf.org. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  16. ^ "2018 Grand Prix Hohhot". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  17. ^ "2018 Grand Prix Hohhot". JudoInside. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  18. ^ "2020 Summer Olympics". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  19. ^ "2020 Summer Olympics". live.ijf.org. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  20. ^ "2020 Summer Olympics — Individual". JudoInside. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  21. ^ "Judo Sharir Gili — Tokyo 2020 Olympics". 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 13 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  22. ^ "גילי שריר סגנית אלופת אירופה בג'ודו ל"ישראל היום": "המדליה הזו מוקדשת לכל הנרצחים והחטופים" | ישראל היום".
  23. ^ "Israel's delegation to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games". Wingate Institute (in Hebrew). 25 June 2024. Archived from the original on 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.

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