Tomer Or
{{Short description|Israeli fencer (born 1978)}}
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| name = Tomer Or
| image = Tomer Or 2013 Fencing WCH FMS-EQ t095109.jpg
| caption = Or at the 2013 World Fencing Championships
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| nationality = {{ISR}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|9|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Haifa
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| height = {{convert|1.77|m|ftin}}
| weight = {{convert|79|kg|lb}}
| weapon = Foil
| hand = right-handed
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| club = Hapoel Haifa;[http://fie.org/fencers/Tomer-OR-4331/biography Fencer - OR Tomer - ISRAEL - FIE - International Fencing Federation] CE Melun Val de Seine
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| fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/4331 current ranking]
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|native_name=תומר אור|native_name_lang=he}}
Tomer Or ({{langx|he|תומר אור}}; born September 26, 1978) is an Israeli foil fencer.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-sports.org/fencing-or-tomer-results-identity-s22-c2-b4-o92-w17987.html |title=Fencing – Tomer Or (Israel): season totals |publisher=The-sports.org |date= |accessdate=November 10, 2011}}
Early life
Or is Jewish, and was born in Haifa, Israel.{{cite news |url=http://www.jewishinstlouis.org/page.aspx?id=181152 |title=Jews in the Olympics: 63 Athletes, 7 Countries |publisher=Jewishinstlouis.org |accessdate=November 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407023958/http://www.jewishinstlouis.org/page.aspx?id=181152 |archivedate=April 7, 2012 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/or/tomer-or-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418084322/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/or/tomer-or-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Tomer Or Biography and Olympic Results |publisher=Sports-reference.com |date=August 13, 2008 |accessdate=November 10, 2011}} He earned an LL.B. in Law and Business from the Interdisciplinary Center, in Herzliya, Israel.{{cite web|url=http://www.fie.ch/Competitions/FencerDetail.aspx?param=6A73ABB681256BD4A7F0CC28DB146AB1 |title=Tomer Or|publisher=Fie.ch |date=September 26, 1978 |accessdate=November 10, 2011}}
Fencing career
Or began fencing at the age of eight, fenced at Hapoel Haifa, in Haifa, Israel, and was coached by Ohad Balva and Haim Hatuel.
Or won the gold medal at the 1998 Junior World Championship in Valencia, Venezuela, and the silver medal in 1994 in Mexico City, Mexico.
He is a 10-time Israel Senior National Champion. He won gold medals in Senior World Cups in Budapest (2002), Copenhagen (2005), Vancouver (2006), and Havana (2007).
He fenced on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, and came in 17th.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ISR/summer/2008/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044337/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ISR/summer/2008/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |title=Israel at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games |publisher=Sports-reference.com |accessdate=November 14, 2011}}
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.{{cite news|last=Hipsh |first=Rami |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/fencing-iran-keeps-up-israel-boycott-forfeits-again-1.6835 |title=Fencing / Iran keeps up Israel boycott, forfeits again |publisher=Haaretz |date=October 13, 2011 |accessdate=November 10, 2011}}
In 2009, he won the gold medal at the 2009 Maccabiah Games in men's foil.{{cite web |url=http://www.maccabiah.com/Data/Uploads/Fencing%2018th%20Maccabiah.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-03-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402115707/http://www.maccabiah.com/Data/Uploads/Fencing%2018th%20Maccabiah.pdf |archivedate=2015-04-02 }}
He came in fifth at the 2014 European Fencing Championships in Strasbourg, France.
Coaching career
Or received his coaching diploma from Wingate Institute for Physical Education and Sport in Netanya, Israel, in 2005.{{cite web|url=http://manhattanfencing.com/content/tomer-or-0 |title=Tomer Or |publisher=Manhattan Fencing Center |date= |accessdate=November 10, 2011}} He started his coaching career 2005 at the Haifa Fencing Club in Israel. From 2010 he was assistant coach at St John's University in New York City, before he returned to Israel.{{cite web|url=http://www.redstormsports.com/sports/c-fenc/mtt/or_tomer00.html|title=Tomer Or|publisher=redstormsports.com}}
References
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External links
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- [http://www.eurofencing.info/athletes/biography/tomer-or Tomer Or] at the European Fencing Confederation
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Category:Israeli male foil fencers
Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople
Category:Olympic fencers for Israel
Category:Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Haifa
Category:Reichman University alumni
Category:Wingate Institute alumni
Category:Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Israel
Category:Maccabiah Games medalists in fencing
Category:Competitors at the 2009 Maccabiah Games