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Ofir Netzer
Full nameOfir Netzer
Country represented Israel
Born (1996-05-13) 13 May 1996 (age 28)
Moledet, Israel
ResidenceMallorca, Spain
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
ClubClub Esportiu Xelska
Hapoel Emek Hayarden
Head coach(es)Pedro Mir Homar
Former coach(es)Boris Kinev (d. 2018)
Medal record
Representing  Israel
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Jerusalem Vault
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Apparatus World Cup 0 1 0
World Challenge Cup 1 0 0
Total 1 1 0

Ofir Netzer (born 13 May 1996) is an Israeli artistic gymnast. She is the 2018 FIG World Challenge Cup series champion and 2017 Maccabiah Games champion on vault.

Early life

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Netzer was born in Moledet, Israel. She was a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces but held a special status for outstanding athletes that enabled her to serve close to home so that she could continue training and travel overseas when needed.[1]

Gymnastics career

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2013

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Netzer competed at the 2013 Cottbus World Cup in March where she qualified to the vault final and finished in seventh place. In April she competed at the 2013 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships where she once again qualified to the vault final. She finished fourth behind Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland, Noël van Klaveren of the Netherlands, and Larisa Iordache of Romania.[2] She later competed at the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships but finished thirteenth in vault qualifications and failed to qualify to the finals.[3]

2014

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In 2014, Netzer tore her ACL during training.[4]

2015

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Netzer returned to competition in March and competed at the Cottbus World Cup where she finished thirteenth in vault qualifications and did not make the finals.[5] In April she competed at the Ljubljana Challenge Cup where she placed eighteenth in vault qualifications and once again failed to make the finals.[6] She later competed at the 2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She finished fifteenth in vault qualifications and did not make the final.[7]

2017

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Netzer competed at the Sainté Gym Cup in March 2017 where Israel finished seventh in the team final.[8] In April she competed at the Stella Zakharova Cup where she finished twelfth in the all-around, seventh on uneven bars, fifth on balance beam, and eighth on floor exercise.[9] She later competed at the 2017 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships where she finished 63rd in the all-around qualification and did not qualify to any individual events.[10] In May Netzer competed at the Koper Challenge Cup and the Osijek Challenge Cup but failed to qualify to any event finals. In July she competed at the 2017 Maccabiah Games where she placed eighth in the all-around, first on vault, and fifth on floor exercise.[11] In September Netzer competed at the Varna Challenge Cup where she placed fourth on vault behind Rebeca Andrade of Brazil, Shallon Olsen of Canada, and Teja Belak of Slovenia.[12] Later that month she competed at a Dutch Invitational where she placed tenth in the all-around and fourth on vault.[13] In October she competed at the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. During qualifications she placed sixty-first in the all-around and thirty-sixth on vault. She did not qualify to any event finals.[14]

2018

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In May 2018 Netzer competed at the Osijek Challenge Cup where she finished twelfth in vault qualification.[15] She later competed at the Koper Challenge Cup where she placed fourth on vault behind Steingruber, Denisa Golgota of Romania, and Tjaša Kysselef of Slovenia.[16] In July Netzer competed at the Israeli Championships where she won gold on every event.[17] In August she competed at the European Championships but failed to qualify for any event finals.[18] In September Netzer competed at the Szombathely Challenge Cup where she placed first on vault, earning her first gold medal at a FIG World Cup.[19] A few weeks later Netzer competed at the Paris Challenge Cup where she placed fourth on vault.[20] Due to her first-place finish in Szombathely and her fourth-place finishes in Koper and Paris, Netzer won the 2018 World Challenge Cup series on vault.[21] Netzer was later selected to represent Israel at the 2018 World Championships alongside Meitar Lavy.[22] During qualifications Netzer placed 19th on vault and did not qualify to the finals.

In late 2018, Netzer's longtime coach, Boris Kinev, died[23] after being sick for months.[24]

2019

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In early 2019, Netzer relocated to Palma de Mallorca, Spain to train full time under Spaniard Pedro Mir after being unable to find a new coach in Israel.[25][26][27] Her first competition in 2019 was the Baku World Cup.[28] She finished 11th in the vault qualifications, 16th on uneven bars, 21st on balance beam, and 16th on floor exercise. She did not qualify to any event finals.[29]

In June Netzer competed at the European Games, where she qualified to the vault final. During the final she performed a handspring front tuck full and a Tsuk layout full and she finished fifth.[30]

In August Netzer tore her ACL and therefore missed competing at the 2019 World Championships and was unable to qualify herself a spot for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[31]

2021

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Netzer returned to competition in April 2021 to compete at the European Championships. She finished 46th in the all-around and 12th on vault during qualification and did not advance to any event finals. In October she competed at the World Championships where she qualified to the vault event final. In doing so Netzer became the first Israel female artistic gymnast to qualify to an individual event final at a World Championships. During the event final she finished sixth.[32]

Competitive history

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Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2013 Cottbus World Cup 7
European Championships 4
2017 Sainté Gym Cup 7
Stella Zakharova Cup 12 7 5 8
Maccabiah Games 8 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5
Varna Challenge Cup 4
Dutch Invitational 10 4
2018 Koper Challenge Cup 4
Israeli Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Szombathely Challenge Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Paris Challenge Cup 4
2019
European Games 5
2021
World Championships 6
2022 Cottbus World Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6
European Championships 41
World Championships 64
2024 DTB Pokal Team Challenge 10
European Championships 18

References

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  1. ^ "Ofir Netzer Interview: Her Rise, Her Fall and Her Return". Israeli Gymnastics. 11 March 2015. Archived from the original on 13 December 2015.
  2. ^ "2013 European Championships Results". The Gymternet. 21 April 2013.
  3. ^ "2013 World Championships Results". The Gymternet. 6 October 2013.
  4. ^ "NETZER Ofir". fig-gymnastics.com. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  5. ^ "2015 Cottbus World Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. 20 March 2015.
  6. ^ "2015 Ljubljana Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. 3 April 2015.
  7. ^ "2015 European Championships Results". The Gymternet. 15 April 2015.
  8. ^ "2017 Sainté Gym Cup Results". The Gymternet. 26 March 2017.
  9. ^ "2017 Stella Zakharova Cup Results". The Gymternet. 3 April 2017.
  10. ^ "2017 European Championships Results". The Gymternet. 20 April 2017.
  11. ^ "2017 Maccabiah Games Results". The Gymternet. 10 July 2017.
  12. ^ "2017 Varna Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. 1 September 2017.
  13. ^ "2017 Dutch Women's Invitational Results". The Gymternet. 9 September 2017.
  14. ^ "2017 World Championships Women's Results". The Gymternet. 12 October 2017.
  15. ^ "2018 Osijek Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. 29 May 2018.
  16. ^ "2018 Koper Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. 4 June 2018.
  17. ^ "2018 Israeli Championships Results". The Gymternet. 12 September 2018.
  18. ^ "2018 European Championships Results". The Gymternet. 6 August 2018.
  19. ^ "Two Golds For Israel At Szombathely World Cup". Gymnovosti. 23 September 2018.
  20. ^ "2018 Paris Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. 30 September 2018.
  21. ^ "Gymnasts from 7 nations win World Challenge Cup Series titles". FIG. 1 October 2018.
  22. ^ "Excitement Mixed With Worry – Israeli Team Is Off to Worlds". Gymnovosti. 18 October 2018.
  23. ^ @cherity1313 (16 November 2018). "Ofir Netzer's coach passed away" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  24. ^ "Israel's Netzer: 'Every Step Of Progress Gives Me More Motivation'". International Gymnast. 11 June 2018.
  25. ^ "La nueva vida de Ofir Netzer en Mallorca". Última Hora (in Spanish). 19 February 2019.
  26. ^ @cherity1313 (10 January 2019). "Ofir Netzer will now train in Spain full time" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  27. ^ "FIG Restricts Nationality Changes". Gymnovosti. 14 January 2019.
  28. ^ @cherity1313 (11 March 2019). "Ofir Netzer is going to Baku with her new coach" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  29. ^ "2019 Baku World Cup Results". The Gymternet. 17 March 2019.
  30. ^ "2019 European Games Results". The Gymternet. 30 June 2019.
  31. ^ "Around the Gymternet: Back in the 90s". The Gymternet. 26 August 2019.
  32. ^ "The WAG Record Breakers in Kitakyushu". The Gymternet. 24 October 2021.
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