Gil Ofer


Gil Ofer is an Israeli judoka.

Personal life

He is a cousin of American Olympian fencer Tamir Bloom.

Judo career

Ofer won the gold medal in judo in the under-73 kilograms weight class at the 1997 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, and won the British Open in Birmingham, England in 1998.
In 2000, he was ranked third on the European Circuit in his judo class. Ofer won the Judo World Cups in Sofia in May 2000 and in Minsk in June 2000.
Ofer competed for Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia in Men's Lightweight Judo. He came in tied for 13th place.
In 2002 he won the Israeli Championship at U90, and in 2005 he won the Israeli Championship at U81.