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They sailed in the 470 event as part of the Israeli 2016 Olympics Team in Rio in August 2016, with Cohen at the helm and Amir as the crew. They finished in 18th place in the Women's 470.

Cohen was hit by a car while riding her bicycle and was seriously injured in October 2014. She underwent surgery, and a long period of rehabilitation. She was not able to compete again until May 2015. In March 2016 Cohen began to compete along with Israeli teenager Nina Amir. They placed 9th in the 2016 Princess Sofia Trophy Regatta in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Cohen and Amir thereby secured a place in sailing in the 470 event as part of the Israeli 2016 Olympics Team. In April 2016 they placed 18th in the 470 European Championships.

In August 2012, Cohen (20 years of age at the time) and Buskila finished in 15th place in the Women's 470 at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

After changing to the 470 discipline, she won a silver medal a year later, with Dana Mamriev at the 470 Junior World Championships in Thessaloniki, Greece. In 2010 the duo won a bronze medal at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Semaine Olympique Francaise in Hyères, France.

Later in 2010, Vered Buskila and Cohen became a team following Buskila's return to competitive sailing, and Nike Kornecki's continued retirement. In April 2011, the duo won a bronze medal at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Trofeo Princesa Sofia in Palma de Majorca, Spain, and qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics after finishing 7th at the pre-Olympic tournament. At the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Perth, Australia, in December 2011, they finished in 4th place.

Cohen's sailing club is Hapoel Tel Aviv, and her coach since 2008 has been Ilan Tashtach.

In the 2008 Sailing World Championships she won a silver medal in the 420 discipline.

Cohen started sailing at a young age, and was the Israeli national champion on the Optimist in 2005 and 2006, as well as in the 420 discipline in 2007 and 2008.

Gil Cohen (Hebrew: גיל כהן ‎) (born July 7, 1992) is an Israeli Olympic sports sailor. She competed in sailing in the Women's 470 with Vered Buskila in the 2012 Summer Olympics, and in the same event with Nina Amir in the 2016 Summer Olympics.