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Tomer Or

Tomer Or is an Israeli foil fencer who won the 1998 Junior World Championship and competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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Born: 26 September 1978, Haifa
Occupation: fencer
Education: Reichman University, Wingate Institute

Tomer Or was born in 1978 in Haifa

Tomer Or was born in Haifa on September 26, 1978. He started fencing at age 8 at Hapoel Haifa. He later earned a degree in law and business at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya.

Or won the Junior World Championship in Venezuela in 1998. In 2001 he rose from 70th to 5th in the world rankings. He won Senior World Cup events in Budapest, Copenhagen, Vancouver and Havana.

In 2008 he became the first Israeli man to fence at the Olympics since 1984, and he was eliminated in Beijing after the first round. He won the men's foil gold at the 2009 Maccabiah Games. He won the Israeli foil championship many times.

Or received a coaching diploma from the Wingate Institute in 2005. In 2010 he moved to New York and coached at St John's University. He returned to Israel in 2014.

After 2 years without competing because of injuries, he placed 5th at the 2014 European Championships in Strasbourg. He announced his retirement from fencing in May 2016.