Gilad Shalit

Gilad Shalit is a name I approach with care, because his fame came not from achievement but from circumstance. Captured in 2006 and held for over five years before his 2011 release in a prisoner exchange, he became a symbol far larger than himself, a single soldier whose name moved a nation. The long list of honorary citizenships, from Paris and Rome to Miami and Baltimore, shows how widely his story resonated. What I find meaningful is that he later built a quieter civilian life as a sports columnist and writer. To me his return to ordinary work reads as its own kind of quiet triumph.

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Name (English)

Gilad Shalit

Name (Japanese)

ギルアド・シャリート

Reading

ぎるあど・しゃりーと

Born

August 28, 1986 (age 40)

Origin

Nahariya, Israel

Occupation

sports columnist / military personnel / journalist / investment advisor / writer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Tiger

University

Reichman University

Awards & achievements

• 2008 honorary citizen of Paris
• 2008 honorary citizen of Rome
• 2009 honorary citizen of Miami
• 2009 honorary citizen of New Orleans
• 2011 honorary citizen of Baltimore
• 2011 honorary citizen of Pittsburgh

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilad%20Shalit
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214821

Tags

• sports columnist
• military personnel
• journalist

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.