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]
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)