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Urška Žolnir

Urška Žolnir
Personal information
Born (1981-10-09) 9 October 1981 (age 43)
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountrySlovenia
SportJudo
Weight class–63 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesGold (2012)
World Champ.Bronze (2005, 2011)
European Champ.Gold (2009)
Profile at external databases
IJF268
JudoInside.com3426
Updated on 28 May 2023

Urška Žolnir (born 9 October 1981) is a Slovenian politician and a retired judoka. She is 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.

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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Slovenia
Beijing 2008
Succeeded by