Ori Sasson
Sasson at the 2016 Olympics
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| Native name | אור ששון | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Sasson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Israel
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| Born |
18 August 1990 Jerusalem, Israel |
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| Residence | Netanya, Israel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Ruppin College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 kg (265 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | +100 kg (220 pounds) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Meitav Jerusalem | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Gill Offer, Oren Smadja | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| National finals | Israeli Champion –100 kg (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011) Israeli Champion +100 kg (2011, 2012) |
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| Highest world ranking | 5 (2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Or "Ori" Sasson (Hebrew: אור "אורי" ששון; born 18 August 1990) is an Israeli Olympic judoka. He won a bronze medal in the +100 kg (+220 pounds) category at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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 for Israel in the inaugural European Games. In doing so he won the silver medal in the 2015 European Judo Championship.
Sasson was born in Jerusalem, Israel, and is Jewish. He is the younger brother of former judoka and Israel national 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 College.
Sasson started training in judo when he was eight years old. His coaches are Gill Offer and Oren Smadja, his club is Meitav Jerusalem, and he started competing in 2005. He has worked with Noam Eyal, a sports psychologist who works for the Olympic Committee of Israel. Sasson won the Israeli judo championship at −100 kg (−220 pounds) in 2007–09 and 2011, and at +100 kg in 2011 and 2012.
In July 2009 Sasson won the gold medal at the 2009 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, Israel, in judo at −100 kg. In September 2011 he competed in the Judo World Cup in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where Iranian Javad Mahjoub was slated to face him, but refused.
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