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{{short description|Israeli  basketball player}}
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'''Uri Cohen-Mintz''' (אורי כהן-מינץ; born August 1, 1973) is an Israeli former basketball player.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.maccabi.co.il/Player.asp?PlayerUID=14&lang=en|title=Maccabi Tel Aviv BasketBall Club &#124; Former Player &#124; Uri Cohen Mintz|website=Maccabi Tel Aviv Basketball Club}}</ref> He played the forward position.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/uri-cohen-mintz-1.html|title=Uri Cohen-Mintz College Stats|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}</ref> He played in the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]], and competed for the [[Israeli national basketball team]].
==Biography==
Cohen-Mintz is 6' 10" (208 cm) tall, weighs 205 pounds, and is Jewish.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1P2-32912476/uconn-scores-again-with-israeli-connection|title=Uconn Scores Again with Israeli Connection  |date=December 27, 1994 |website=New York Times News Service - St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=JPOST19950301-01.1.32&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|title= Cheers for Mr. Basketball |date= March 1, 1995|website=Jewish Post}}</ref> His father was [[Tanchum Cohen-Mintz]], who played center for 16 seasons for  Maccabi Tel Aviv, and his mother, Edith, was an Israeli tennis champion.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-mens-basketballs-basketball/hc-uri-cohen-mintz-0329-20150328-story.html|title=Basketball built Cohen-Mintz toward hospitality business|first=HILLEL|last=KUTTLER|website=Courant|date=March 28, 2015}}</ref> He served three years in the [[Israeli Defense Forces]].<ref name="auto">Debra Blum (February 3, 1995). [https://www.chronicle.com/article/connecticuts-israel-network/ "Connecticut’s Israel Network; Since 1989, a stream of athletes from that country have played basketball for UConn,"] ''The Chronicle of Higher Education''.</ref>
He attended the [[University of Connecticut]]. Cohen-Mintz played as a freshman for the [[UConn Huskies men's basketball|UConn Huskies]] in the 1994-95 season.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto"/> He left UConn after one year to play in Israel for Maccabi Jerusalem. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huskieshoops.com/huskies/men/players/connectionisraeli.php|title=The Israeli Pipeline|website=UConn Huskies Basketball}}</ref>
Cohen-Mintz played in the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]]. He played for 11 Israeli teams in 11 seasons: [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]], [[Hapoel Gvat/Yagur B.C.|Hapoel Gvat]], Maccabi Jerusalem, [[Ironi Ramat Gan]], Bnei Herzelia,  [[Hapoel Jerusalem B.C.|Hapoel Jerusalem]], [[Ironi Ashkelon]], [[Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]], [[Hapoel Gilboa/Afula]], and [[Hapoel Afula B.C.|Hapoel Afula]].<ref name="auto2"/> Cohen-Mintz also played for [[Elan Chalon]], in the [[LNB Pro A]], from 2003 to 2006.<ref name="auto2"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/uri-cohen-mintz-1.html|title=Uri Cohen Mintz International Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref>
He competed for the [[Israeli national basketball team]] in the [[1992 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship|1992 European Championship for Men '22 and Under']], [[1992 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship|1992 European Championship for Junior Men]], [[FIBA Under-21 World Championship|1993 World Championship for Men '22 and Under']], [[1994 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship|1994 European Championship for Men '22 and Under']], [[EuroBasket 1997|1997 European Championship for Men]], [[EuroBasket 1999|1999 European Championship for Men]], [[EuroBasket 2001|2001 European Championship for Men]], and [[2005 EuroBasket]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/12444/sid/3767/tid/306/_/2005_EuroBasket/index.html|title=Uri-Josef Cohen-Mintz profile, EuroBasket 2005|website=FIBA.COM}}</ref>
As of 2015, Cohen-Mintz was handling the business side of "Fine House," an events hall he ran in the northern [[Jezreel Valley]] region in Israel with his wife, Nili, a chef.<ref name="auto2"/>
== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://www.facebook.com/uri.cohenmintz Facebook page]
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