 Gil Mosinzon, 2017 | |
| Hapoel Galil Elyon | |
|---|---|
| Position | Forward |
| League | Israeli Super League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 29, 1978 Tel Aviv, Israel |
| 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 |
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 Letzion 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]
- ^ 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.