Aaron Cohen (judoka)
{{Short description|American judoka (born 1981)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|September 28, 1981}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's judo }}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Maccabiah Games }}
{{MedalBronze | 2009 Israel | }}
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Aaron Cohen (born September 28, 1981) is an American former judoka.{{Cite web|url=https://www.judoinside.com/judoka/12249/Aaron_Cohen/judo-matches?oId=57236|title=JudoInside - Aaron Cohen Judoka|website=www.judoinside.com}} He was a 5-time US national champion (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2009), and earned a silver medal in the 2008 US Olympic trials. He earned a bronze medal at the 2009 Maccabiah Games in Israel.
Biography
He is the son of Irwin Cohen, a former Olympian, is Jewish, and lives in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.{{Cite web |last=Pervos |first=Stefanie |title=Oy!Chicago - Olympic-sized dreams and genes |url=http://oychicago.com/article.aspx?id=1172&blogid=132&mc_cid=-1%27&wd=test |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=Oy!Chicago |language=en}}{{cite web|url=http://judotalk.com/forum/topics/irwin-cohen-judo-olympian-and-judo-icon-passes-away|title=Irwin Cohen, Judo Olympian and Judo Icon Passes Away|work=judotalk.com|accessdate=3 May 2015}}{{Cite web |date=2022-09-26 |title=Renowned Olympian, judo coach from Buffalo Grove dies |url=https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120828/news/708289771/%5D |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926075117/https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120828/news/708289771/%5D |archive-date=2022-09-26 |access-date=2024-05-28 }}{{Cite web |date=2022-09-26 |title=USA Gymnastics {{!}} Sender carries USA banner in Maccabiah Games opening ceremony |url=https://www.usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=3559 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926074908/https://www.usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=3559 |archive-date=2022-09-26 |access-date=2024-05-28 }} Aaron's uncle Steve Cohen is a former Olympic competitor and coach, and his brother Richard also competed at the national level.
He trained at the New York Athletic Club.
He was a 5-time US national champion (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2009), and placed second 4 times, and third once. He earned a silver medal in the 2008 US Olympic trials.{{cite web|url=http://www.judoinside.com/judoka/view/12249/judo-results|title=Aaron Cohen, Judoka, JudoInside|work=judoinside.com|accessdate=3 May 2015}}
Aaron Cohen won silver at the 2003 Pan American Championships, and bronze at the 2000, 2005, 2006, and 2007 Pan American Judo Championships. He also competed in four Judo World Championships.
Cohen competed for Team USA at the 2009 Maccabiah Games in Israel, earning a bronze medal.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsfeatures.com/presspoint/pressrelease/49563/judo-aaron-cohen-to-carry-u.s.-team-banner-at-the-maccabiah-games-in-israel-on-monday-lindsey-durlacher-named-flagbearer|title=SFCPressPoint: JUDO: Aaron Cohen to Carry U.S. Team Banner at the Maccabiah Games in Israel on Monday, Lindsey Durlacher Named Flagbearer|work=sportsfeatures.com|accessdate=3 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402135606/http://www.sportsfeatures.com/presspoint/pressrelease/49563/judo-aaron-cohen-to-carry-u.s.-team-banner-at-the-maccabiah-games-in-israel-on-monday-lindsey-durlacher-named-flagbearer|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.maccabiusa.com/2009-18th-maccabiah-games-results/18th-games-judo-results/|title=18th Games: Judo Results - Maccabi USA|work=maccabiusa.com|accessdate=3 May 2015}}
Cohen is currently a coach at Deerfield High School in Deerfield, Illinois.{{cite web|url=http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Judo/eLetterPages/Club-Profile/Cohen-Brothers-Judo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121081934/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Judo/eLetterPages/Club-Profile/Cohen-Brothers-Judo|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 21, 2014|title=Cohen Brothers Judo|work=Team USA|accessdate=3 May 2015}}
See also
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Category:Competitors at the 2009 Maccabiah Games
Category:Jewish American sportspeople
Category:Maccabiah Games bronze medalists for the United States
Category:Maccabiah Games medalists in judo
Category:Sportspeople from Buffalo Grove, Illinois
Category:Martial artists from Cook County, Illinois
Category:21st-century American Jews
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