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Or Sasson
Or "Ori" Sasson (; born 18 August 1990) is a retired Israeli Olympic judoka. He won a bronze medal in the +100 kg category at the 2016 Summer Olympics and another one at the mixed team event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He was the second Israeli to win two Olympic medals. In June 2015, representing Israel at the 2015 European Games in judo in the +100 kg category in Baku, Azerbaijan, Sasson won a silver medal at the 2015 European Championships which was held during the European Games. Early and personal life Sasson was born in Jerusalem, to a family of Kurdish Jewish descent. His parents are Varda and Haim Sasson. He is the younger brother of former judoka and Israel national judo team captain Alon Sasson, who, when they were children, would hit him to show him who was boss. He resides in Netanya, Israel, and studies business administration at Ruppin Academic Center College in Hefer Valley, Israel. Sasson is a fan of basketball and basketball team Hapoel ...
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2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August. Rio de Janeiro was announced as the host city at the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 2 October 2009. 11,238 athletes from 207 nations took part in the 2016 Games, including first-time entrants Kosovo at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Kosovo, South Sudan at the 2016 Summer Olympics, South Sudan, and the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Refugee Olympic Team. With 306 sets of medals, the Games featured 28 Olympic sports, including rugby sevens and golf, which were added to the Olympic program in 2009. These sporting events took place at 33 venues in the host city and at five separate venues in the Brazilian cities of São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Bahia, Salvador, ...
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European Games
The European Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition contested by athletes from countries served by national Olympic committees within the European Olympic Committees (EOC), the regional association for such committees. The EOC represents European nations and several transcontinental countries. An EOC Refugee team is also included. The Games were envisioned and are governed by the EOC which announced their launch at its 41st General Assembly in Rome, on 8 December 2012. The European Games are the 5th continental Games in the Olympic tradition to be initiated, after the Asian Games, Pan American Games, Pacific Games and African Games. Therefore, as of 2015, every sporting continent has continental games in the Olympic tradition. The European Games are not related to the European Championships, a separate multi-sport event organised by individual European sports federations, bringing together the individual European Championships of sports such ...
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2017 Judo Grand Prix Tashkent
The 2017 Judo Grand Prix Tashkent was held at the Uzbekistan Tennis Courts in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from 6 to 8 October 2017. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Source Results Medal table References External links * {{Authority control 2017 Judo Grand Prix 2017 IJF World Tour Judo Grand Prix 2017 Judo Judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyc ...
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2016 Judo Grand Prix Tbilisi
The 2016 Judo Grand Prix Tbilisi was held at the Olympic Palace in Tbilisi, Georgia from 25 to 27 March 2016. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Source Results Medal table References External links * {{Authority control 2016 IJF World Tour 2016 Judo Grand Prix Judo Grand Prix 2016 Judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyc ...
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2017 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi
The 2017 Judo Grand Slam was held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from 26 to 26 October 2017. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Source Results Medal table References External links * {{IJF World Tour UAE 2017 IJF World Tour 2017 Judo Grand Slam Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi 2017 Judo Judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyc ...
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2019 Judo Grand Slam Ekaterinburg
The 2019 Judo Grand Slam Ekaterinburg was held in Yekaterinburg, Russia from 15 to 17 March 2019. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Source Results Medal table References External links

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2016 Judo Grand Slam Paris
The 2016 Judo Grand Slam Paris was held in Paris, France, from 6 to 7 February 2016. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Source Results Medal table References External links * {{IJF World Tour Paris 2016 IJF World Tour 2016 Judo Grand Slam Judo 2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
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Judo Grand Slam
The Judo Grand Slam tournaments are international judo tournaments held by the International Judo Federation as part of the IJF World Tour. After the Olympic Games, World Championships and World Masters, the Grand Slam tournaments are the highest-ranking worldwide judo tournaments, i.e. the tournaments in which the judoka can acquire the most ranking points. While some sources states that the first Grand Slam tournament was held in Tokyo in December 2008, the IJF titled it as "Kano Cup", not "Grand Slam". In 2009 additional tournaments were also held in Paris, Moscow and Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America .... In 2013, Baku replaced Rio de Janeiro. Until 2013 there were four Grand Slam tournaments every year. In 2014 it was decided that a fifth tourn ...
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2016 Judo World Masters
The 2016 Judo World Masters was held in Guadalajara, Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ..., from 27 to 29 May 2016. Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events References External links * {{2016 in IJF World Tour World Masters IJF World Masters World Masters World Masters ...
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Judo World Masters
The Judo World Masters is an annual invite-only judo competition. After being open for only the top 16 ranked judoka in each weight class for its first eight installments, the tournament was expended to host the top 36 of each weight class in 2019. The world masters is the only world tour event with no limitation on the number of judoka competing from any single national association. Competitions Past winners Men's Women's Points As in any IJF World Tour tournament, athletes earn WRL points by competing in IJF World Masters events. Points are awarded based on judoka placement in the competition. References {{International judo World Masters World Masters Recurring sporting events established in 2010 ...
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2016 European Judo Championships – Men's +100 Kg
The men's +100 kg competition at the 2016 European Judo Championships was held on 23 April at the TatNeft Arena Tatneft Arena (Russian language, ru: Татнефть Арена) is an indoor arena, indoor sporting arena located in Kazan, Russia. The venue got its name due to a sponsorship with Tatneft, a russian oil company, oil producing company. Opened in .... Results Finals Repechage Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:2016 European Judo Championships - Men's +100 kg M101 European Judo Championships Men's Heavyweight ...
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2016 European Judo Championships
The 2016 European Judo Championships were held in Kazan, Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ..., between 21–24 April 2016. Medal overview Men Women Medal table References External links * ResultsTeam results {{Authority control European Judo Championships European Championships Judo, European Championships, 2016 Judo, European Championships, 2016 Judo, European Championships, 2016 Judo European Championships Judo, European Championships European Championships, 2016 ...
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