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Urška Žolnir

Urška Žolnir
Urška Žolnir 2012.jpg
Medal record
Representing  Slovenia
Women's Judo
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London –63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens –63 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Cairo –63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Paris –63 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Tbilisi –63 kg
Silver medal – second place 2007 Belgrade –63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Lisbon –63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Istanbul –63 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Pescara –63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Almeria –63 kg
Military World Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Catania –63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Rio de Janeiro –63 kg

Urška Žolnir (born 9 October 1981) is a Slovenian judoka. She's a member of Judo Club Sankaku Celje. She is the first Slovenian female Olympic gold winner.

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. That makes her the most successful Slovenian judoka of all time.

She was the Slovenian flagbearer at the Beijing 2008 Olympics.



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