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Or Sasson
Personal information
Native nameאור ששון
Full nameOr Sasson
NicknameSasson[1]
NationalityIsraeli
Born (1990-08-18) 18 August 1990 (age 33)
Jerusalem, Israel
Alma materRuppin College
Height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight120 kg (265 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Israel
SportJudo
Event+100 kg (220 pounds)
ClubMeitav Jerusalem
Coached byGill Offer and Oren Smadja
Achievements and titles
National finalswon the Israeli judo championship at −100 kg in 2007–09 and 2011, and at +100 kg in 2011 and 2012.
Medal record
Judo
Representing  Israel
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Tel Aviv -100 kg
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Baku +100 kg
European Judo Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Kazan +100 kg

Or Sasson (also "Ori" and "Uri"; Hebrew: אור ששון; born 18 August 1990) is an Israeli judoka.[2]

In June 2015, representing Israel at the 2015 European Games in judo in the +100 kg (+220 pounds) category in Baku, Azerbaijan, Sasson won a silver medal for Israel in the inaugural European Games, and in doing so won the silver medal in the 2015 European Judo Championship.

Early and personal life

Sasson was born in Jerusalem, Israel, and is Jewish.[1][2][3][4][5] He is the younger brother of Israeli judoka and national team captain Alon Sasson,[2] who when they were children would hit him to show him who was boss.[3] He lives in Netanya, Israel, and studies Business Administration at Ruppin College.[1][3]

Judo career

Sasson started training in judo when he was eight years old.[3] His coaches are Gill Offer and Oren Smadja, his club is Meitav Jerusalem, and he started competing in 2005.[1][3] He has worked with Noam Eyal, a sports psychologist who works for the Olympic Committee of Israel.[3] Sasson won the Israeli judo championship at −100 kg (−220 pounds) in 2007–09 and 2011, and at +100 kg in 2011 and 2012.[2]

In July 2009 Sasson won the gold medal at the 2009 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, Israel, in judo at −100 kg.[2] In September 2011 he competed in the Judo World Cup in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where Iranian Javad Mahjoub was slated to face him, but refused.[6][7]

In February 2012, he won a gold medal in the World Cup Prague in judo at +100 kg.[2] In February 2013 and the following month, Sasson won gold medals in the European Open Tbilisi in Georgia and the European Open Warsaw at −100 kg.[2][8] In September 2014, he won a gold medal at the European Open Tallinn in Estonia at +100 kg, as he weighed approximately 115 kg and returned from surgery on an injured thumb.[2][9]

On 26 June 2015, representing Israel at the 2015 European Games in judo in the +100 kg category (while weighing 120 kg (265 lb)) in Baku, Azerbaijan, Sasson won a silver medal for Israel in the inaugural European Games, and in doing so won the silver medal in the 2015 European Judo Championship.[2][1][10] He lost to 159 kg (351 lb) Adam Okruashvili of Georgia in the final.[11][12]

He won the silver medal at the 2016 European Judo Championships[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Baku 2015 1St European Games – Athletes – SASSON Or". Baku 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Or Sasson, Judoka". judoinside.com.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Uri Talshir (28 August 2013). "Israeli judoka Uri Sasson looks to add a notch to his belt". Haaretz.
  4. ^ "Alon Sasson, Judoka". judoinside.com.
  5. ^ Stan Ramati (March/April 2015). ""Israeli Sports; Judo", Jewish Sports Review, Volume 9, Number 12, Issue 108, page 21
  6. ^ Patrick Goodenough (26 July 2012). "'Gut Infection' Denies Iranian Chance to Compete in Olympics Against Israeli". CNS News.
  7. ^ "Judo – Or Sasson (Israël)". les-sports.info (in French).
  8. ^ Aaron Kallman (3 February 2013). "Iranian judoka boycotts Israeli; Forfeit gives Assaf Chen the bronze medal; another Iranian refuses to mount podium after Ori Sasson wins gold in his category". The Times of Israel.
  9. ^ "Thumbs up for Or Sasson after gold medal in Tallinn". judoinside.com. 24 September 2014.
  10. ^ "Silver medal in Judo to Ori Sasson". ynet. 27 June 2015.
  11. ^ "Golden Adam Okruashvili proud best of the rest". judoinside.com. 27 June 2015.
  12. ^ "מדליית כסף לאורי ששון באליפות אירופה בבאקו". Reshet (in Hebrew). 27 June 2015.
  13. ^ "2016 European Judo Championships results - +100 kg". ippon.org. 24 April 2016.

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