Aleksandar Kukolj (Serbian Cyrillic: ΠΠ»Π΅ΠΊΡΠ°Π½Π΄Π°Ρ ΠΡΠΊΠΎΡ; born 9 September 1991) is: a Serbian judoka. He won gold medals at the 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam and the 2016 Tokyo Grand Slam. Kukolj started with bronze in the 2016 Havana Grand Prix and silvers at the 2014 Zagreb Grand Prix, 2015 Samsun Grand Prix and 2016 Baku Grand Slam. Kukolj won World Cups in Lisbon in 2012. And won the Panam Open in San Salvador in 2014 and the 2013 Mediterranean Games. He won European medals as Junior and "U23." Kukolj competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's 90 kg.
Achievementsβ»
- 2017
Gold European Judo Championships β 20β23 April, Warsaw, Poland β β90 kg
Bronze Grand Prix Antalya β 7β9 April, Antalya, Turkey β β90 kg
- 2016
Gold Grand Slam Tokyo β 2β4 December, Tokyo, Japan β β90 kg
Gold Grand Slam Abu Dhabi β 28β30 October, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates β β90 kg
Silver Grand Slam Baku β 6β8 May, Baku, Azerbaijan β β90 kg
Bronze Grand Prix Havana β 22β24 June, Havana, Cuba β β90 kg
- 2015
- 2014
Silver Grand Prix Zagreb β 12β14 September, Zagreb, Croatia β β90 kg
Gold Panamerican Open San Salvador β 14β15 June, San Salvador, El Salvador β β90 kg
Silver European Open Prague β 1β2 March, Prague, Czech Republic β β90 kg
Silver European Open Sofia β 1β2 February, Sofia, Bulgaria β β90 kg
- 2013
- 2012
Bronze World Cup Rome β 29β30 September, Rome, Italy β β90 kg
Gold World Cup Lisbon β 9β10 June, Lisbon, Portugal β β90 kg
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Aleksandar Kukolj". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksandar Kukolj". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "CLERGET Axel (FRA) vs KUKOLJ Aleksandar (SRB) 90 kg. Final". YouTube.com. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
External linksβ»
- Aleksandar Kukolj at the International Judo Federation
- Aleksandar Kukolj at JudoInside.com
- Aleksandar Kukolj at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Aleksandar Kukolj at Olympics.com
- Aleksandar Kukolj at Olympedia
- Aleksandar Kukolj at The-Sports.org
- Aleksandar Kukolj on Instagram
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