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Urška Žolnir
Personal information
Born (1981-10-09) 9 October 1981 (age 42)
Occupation Judoka
Sport
Country Slovenia
Sport Judo
Weight class–63 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesGold ( 2012)
World Champ.Bronze ( 2005, 2011)
European Champ.Gold ( 2009)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing   Slovenia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens ‍–‍63 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Cairo ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Paris ‍–‍63 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Tbilisi ‍–‍63 kg
Silver medal – second place 2007 Belgrade ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Lisbon ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Istanbul ‍–‍63 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2008 Tokyo ‍–‍63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Moscow ‍–‍63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Tokyo ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Paris ‍–‍63 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2009 Tunis ‍–‍63 kg
Silver medal – second place 2010 Rotterdam ‍–‍63 kg
Silver medal – second place 2011 Baku ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Tunis ‍–‍63 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Ljubljana ‍–‍61 kg
Gold medal – first place 1999 Rome ‍–‍63 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Pescara ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Almeria ‍–‍63 kg
Military World Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Catania ‍–‍63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍63 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF 268
JudoInside.com 3426
Updated on 28 May 2023.

Urška Žolnir (born 9 October 1981) is a Slovenian politician and a retired judoka. She's a member of Judo Club Sankaku Celje. [1]

She won the bronze medal in the half-middleweight (–63 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics and gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in the same division. [2] [3] [4] That makes her the most successful Slovenian judoka of all time.[ citation needed]

She was the Slovenian flagbearer at the 2008 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations.

She is a candidate for the Slovenian National Assembly under the Party Povežimo Slovenijo.

References

  1. ^ "Video: Prva slovenska medalja v Londonu – Žolnirjeva kar zlata!".
  2. ^ "Athens 2004 – Judo – Women's -63 kg". olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  3. ^ "London 2012 – Judo – Women's -63 kg". olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Urška Žolnir". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.

External links

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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for   Slovenia
Beijing 2008
Succeeded by