Tomer Or
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| File:Tomer Or 2013 Fencing WCH FMS-EQ t095109.jpg
Or at the 2013 World Fencing Championships
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| Personal information | |
| Born | 26 September 1978 Haifa |
| Weapon(s) | Foil |
| Hand | right-handed |
| Height | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). |
| Weight | 79 kilograms (174 lb) |
| Club | CE Melun Val de Seine |
| FIE Ranking | current ranking |
Tomer Or (Hebrew: תומר אור; born September 26, 1978) is an Israeli foil fencer.[1]
Early life and coaching career
Or is Jewish and was born in Haifa, Israel.[2][3]
Or received his coaching diploma from Wingate Institute for Physical Education and Sport in Netanya, Israel, in 2005.[4] He earned an LL.B. in Law and Business from the Interdisciplinary Center, in Herzliya.[4][5] He started his coaching career 2005 at the Haifa Fencing Club in Israel.[4] Since 2012 he is assistant coach at St John's University in New York.[6]
Fencing career
Or won the gold medal at the 1998 Junior World Championship in Valencia, Venezuela, and the silver medal in 1994 in Mexico City, Mexico.[4]
He is a 10-time Israel Senior National Champion.[4] He won gold medals in Senior World Cups in Budapest (2002), Copenhagen (2005), Vancouver (2006), and Havana (2007).[4]
He fenced on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, and came in 17th.[1][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]
References
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- Sports-Reference bio
- Profile at the European Fencing Confederation
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- 1978 births
- Living people
- Israeli fencers
- Jewish fencers
- Israeli Jews
- Olympic fencers of Israel
- Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- People from Haifa
- Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya alumni
- Wingate Institute alumni
- Maccabiah Games gold medalists
- Maccabiah Games fencers
