Gili Cohen


Gili Cohen is an Israeli retired Olympic judoka. In 2013, she won the silver medal at the European U23 Championships, and she was a bronze medalist at the 2014 European Judo Championships. She competed for Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Judo career

Cohen has been Israeli judo champion in the 52 kg category seven times in a row - from 2011 through to 2017. She won a bronze medal in the 2009 Maccabiah Games.
Cohen won the silver medal at the 2013 European U23 Championships. She won the bronze medal at the 2013 [Judo Grand Slam Moscow|2013 Moscow Grand Slam], and the gold medal at the 2014 Judo [Grand Prix Tbilisi|2014 Tbilisi Grand Prix]. She was the bronze medalist at the 2014 [European Judo Championships – Women's 52 kg|2014 European Championships] in Montpellier.
Cohen won the gold medal at the 2016 Judo [Grand Slam Baku|2016 Baku Grand Slam], 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. She also won the bronze medals at the 2016 Samsun Grand Prix and the 2016 Almaty Grand Prix.
Cohen competed for Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics, while she was ranked 9th in the world judo ranking. She lost to Christianne Legentil of Mauritius in the Judo at the [2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 52 kg|women's 52 kg] tournament.
Cohen won the silver medal at the 2017 Antalya Grand Prix in the women's 52 kg in April of that year.
At the 2017 Maccabiah Games, Cohen won the gold medal in the 52 kg judo event.
Cohen won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Tel Aviv Grand Slam. later that year, Cohen won a bronze medal in her event at the 2021 Antalya Grand Slam.
After a long contest with Gefen Primo, Cohen was chosen to represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Judo at the [2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 52 kg|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.

Titles

Source:
YearTournamentPlaceRef.
2013Grand Slam Moscow
2013Grand Prix Almaty
2013Grand Prix Tashkent
2014Grand Prix Tbilisi
2014European Championships
2014Grand Prix Havana
2014Grand Prix Zagreb
2014Grand Prix Astana
2014Grand Prix Jeju
2015Grand Prix Tashkent
2016Grand Prix Tbilisi
2016Grand Prix Samsun
2016Grand Slam Baku
2016Grand Prix Almaty
2017Grand Prix Antalya
2017Grand Slam Abu Dhabi
2018Grand Slam Abu Dhabi
2019Grand Prix Tel Aviv
2019Grand Slam Ekaterinburg
2019Grand Prix Tbilisi
2021Grand Slam Tel Aviv
2021Grand Slam Antalya