Tomer Or | |
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![]() Or at the
2013 World Fencing Championships | |
Personal information | |
Born | Haifa | 26 September 1978
Nationality | ![]() |
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Fencing |
Weapon | Foil |
Hand | right-handed |
Years on national team | ![]() |
National coach | udi carmi, [1] |
Club | Hapoel Haifa; [1] CE Melun Val de Seine |
FIE ranking | current ranking |
Tomer Or ( Hebrew: תומר אור; born September 26, 1978) is an Israeli foil fencer. [2]
Or is Jewish, and was born in Haifa, Israel. [3] [4] He earned an LL.B. in Law and Business from the Interdisciplinary Center, in Herzliya, Israel. [5] [6]
Or began fencing at the age of eight, fenced at Hapoel Haifa, in Haifa, Israel, and was coached by Ohad Balva and Haim Hatuel. [1]
Or won the gold medal at the 1998 Junior World Championship in Valencia, Venezuela, and the silver medal in 1994 in Mexico City, Mexico. [5]
He is a 10-time Israel Senior National Champion. [5] He won gold medals in Senior World Cups in Budapest (2002), Copenhagen (2005), Vancouver (2006), and Havana (2007). [5]
He fenced on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, and came in 17th. [2] [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]
He came in fifth at the 2014 European Fencing Championships in Strasbourg, France. [1]
Or received his coaching diploma from Wingate Institute for Physical Education and Sport in Netanya, Israel, in 2005. [5] He started his coaching career 2005 at the Haifa Fencing Club in Israel. [5] From 2010 he was assistant coach at St John's University in New York City, before he returned to Israel. [10] [1]
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Tomer Or | |
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![]() Or at the
2013 World Fencing Championships | |
Personal information | |
Born | Haifa | 26 September 1978
Nationality | ![]() |
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Fencing |
Weapon | Foil |
Hand | right-handed |
Years on national team | ![]() |
National coach | udi carmi, [1] |
Club | Hapoel Haifa; [1] CE Melun Val de Seine |
FIE ranking | current ranking |
Tomer Or ( Hebrew: תומר אור; born September 26, 1978) is an Israeli foil fencer. [2]
Or is Jewish, and was born in Haifa, Israel. [3] [4] He earned an LL.B. in Law and Business from the Interdisciplinary Center, in Herzliya, Israel. [5] [6]
Or began fencing at the age of eight, fenced at Hapoel Haifa, in Haifa, Israel, and was coached by Ohad Balva and Haim Hatuel. [1]
Or won the gold medal at the 1998 Junior World Championship in Valencia, Venezuela, and the silver medal in 1994 in Mexico City, Mexico. [5]
He is a 10-time Israel Senior National Champion. [5] He won gold medals in Senior World Cups in Budapest (2002), Copenhagen (2005), Vancouver (2006), and Havana (2007). [5]
He fenced on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, and came in 17th. [2] [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]
He came in fifth at the 2014 European Fencing Championships in Strasbourg, France. [1]
Or received his coaching diploma from Wingate Institute for Physical Education and Sport in Netanya, Israel, in 2005. [5] He started his coaching career 2005 at the Haifa Fencing Club in Israel. [5] From 2010 he was assistant coach at St John's University in New York City, before he returned to Israel. [10] [1]
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cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link)