Gili Mossinson (Hebrew: גילי מוסינזון; born 29 September 1978 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an Israeli basketball player[1] who played for several teams in the Israeli Basketball League including Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Rishon LeZion and Hapoel Galil Elyon. He came out as bisexual in 2016.[2][3]
Hapoel Galil Elyon | |
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Position | Forward |
League | Israeli Super League |
Personal information | |
Born | Tel Aviv, Israel | September 29, 1978
Nationality | Israeli |
Listed height | 6 ft 9.5 in (2.07 m) |
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
Playing career | 1996–2014 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1996-2000 | Hapoel Tel Aviv (Youth) |
2001-2002 | Maccabi Hadera |
2002 | Ironi Ramat Gan |
2002 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
2003-2004 | Ironi Ramat Hasharon |
2004-2006 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
As coach: | |
? | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
Mossinson played for both Israel U18 (1996) and Israel U21 (1998), and played a single game in Israel's national basketball team, against Denmark. [4]
His father, Yigal Mossinson, was an author and playwright and laureate of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Authors.[5]
References
edit- ^ Orgad, Yaniv (24 March 2009). "Basketball / Maccabi stumbles past Rishon". Haaretz. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- ^ Buzinski, Jim (2016-05-15). "Israeli pro basketball player comes out as bisexual on Israel's Independence Day". Outsports. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
- ^ Noy, Becca (2016-05-13). "Israeli basketball player comes out of the closet, claims league is homophobic". JOL. Retrieved 2020-11-05.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "כדורסל: מוסינזון בסגל למשחק בדנמרק". הארץ (in Hebrew). 2002-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
- ^ "Israeli Basketball Star Comes Out". awiderbridge.org. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2019.