Gili Sharir
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Native name | גילי שריר | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Israeli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 22 November 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Israel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | –63 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 2nd dan black belt[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic Games | R32 (2020, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Champ. | R16
(2018, 2019, 2022, 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Champ. | (2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest world ranking | 3rd[2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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IJF | 20212 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
JudoInside.com | 51630 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
[edit]Sharir grew up in moshav Mazor in Israel, where her parents Danit and Danny still reside, and is Jewish.[6][7]
Judo career
[edit]2016–20; European junior championships silver medal
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- List of Olympic medalists in judo
- List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners
- List of Jewish Olympic medalists
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "World Ranking List, Women –63 kg". International Judo Federation. 6 February 2023. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ "IJF Profile". IJF.org. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "JudoInside Profile". judoinside.com. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "The Jewish Sport Report: A Jewish guide to Super Bowl Sunday".
- ^ "2017 European U21 Championships" (PDF). European Judo Union. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "2017 European U21 Championships". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "2017 European U21 Championships". JudoInside. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "2017 European Junior Championships". live.ijf.org. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "2017 European U23 Championships" (PDF). European Judo Union. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "2017 European U23 Championships". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "2017 European U23 Championships". JudoInside. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "2017 European U23 Championships". live.ijf.org. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "2018 Grand Prix Hohhot". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "2018 Grand Prix Hohhot". JudoInside. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "2020 Summer Olympics". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "2020 Summer Olympics". live.ijf.org. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "2020 Summer Olympics — Individual". JudoInside. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Judo Sharir Gili — Tokyo 2020 Olympics". 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 13 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ "גילי שריר סגנית אלופת אירופה בג'ודו ל"ישראל היום": "המדליה הזו מוקדשת לכל הנרצחים והחטופים" | ישראל היום".
- ^ "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.
External links
[edit]Media related to Gili Sharir at Wikimedia Commons
- Gili Sharir at the European Judo Union
- Gili Sharir at the International Judo Federation
- Gili Sharir at JudoInside.com
- Gili Sharir at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Gili Sharir at Olympics.com
- Gili Sharir at Olympedia
- Gili Sharir at the Olympic Committee of Israel (archived) (in Hebrew)
- Gili Sharir at The-Sports.org
- Gili Sharir on Instagram
- 1999 births
- Living people
- European Games competitors for Israel
- Israeli female judoka
- Israeli people of Jewish descent
- Judoka at the 2019 European Games
- Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Moshavniks
- Olympic judoka for Israel
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Olympic bronze medalists for Israel
- Sportspeople from Central District (Israel)