Gili Mossinson
גילי מוסינזון
PositionForward
Height6 ft
Height in9.5
Weight lb200
LeagueIsraeli Super League
TeamHapoel Galil Elyon
NationalityIsraeli
Birth dateSeptember 29, 1978 (age 47)
Birth placeTel Aviv, Israel
Career start1996
Career end2014
Years 11996-2000
Team 1Hapoel Tel Aviv (Youth)
Years 22001-2002
Team 2Maccabi Hadera
Years 32002
Team 3Ironi Ramat Gan
Years 42002
Team 4Hapoel Tel Aviv
Years 52003-2004
Team 5Ironi Ramat Hasharon
Years 62004-2006
Team 6Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Cyears 1?
Cteam 1Hapoel Tel Aviv

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]

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

  1. ^ Orgad, Yaniv (24 March 2009). "Basketball / Maccabi stumbles past Rishon". Haaretz. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  2. ^ Buzinski, Jim (2016-05-15). "Israeli pro basketball player comes out as bisexual on Israel's Independence Day". Outsports. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  3. ^ Noy, Becca (2016-05-13). "Israeli basketball player comes out of the closet, claims league is homophobic". JOL. Retrieved 2020-11-05.[dead link]
  4. ^ "כדורסל: מוסינזון בסגל למשחק בדנמרק" (in Hebrew). הארץ. 2002-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  5. ^ "Israeli Basketball Star Comes Out". awiderbridge.org. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2019.