Aleksandar Kukolj (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Кукољ; 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.[1][2]
Achievements
[edit]- 2017
Gold European Judo Championships – 20–23 April, Warsaw, Poland – –90 kg[3]
Bronze Grand Prix Antalya – 7–9 April, Antalya, Turkey – –90 kg
- 2016
- Gold Grand Slam Tokyo – 2–4 December, Tokyo, Japan – –90 kg
- Gold Grand Slam Abu Dhabi – 28–30 October, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – –90 kg
Silver Grand Slam Baku – 6–8 May, Baku, Azerbaijan – –90 kg- Bronze Grand Prix Havana – 22–24 June, Havana, Cuba – –90 kg
- 2015
- 2014
- Silver Grand Prix Zagreb – 12–14 September, Zagreb, Croatia – –90 kg
- Gold Panamerican Open San Salvador – 14–15 June, San Salvador, El Salvador – –90 kg
- Silver European Open Prague – 1–2 March, Prague, Czech Republic – –90 kg
- Silver European Open Sofia – 1–2 February, Sofia, Bulgaria – –90 kg
- 2013
- 2012
- Bronze World Cup Rome – 29–30 September, Rome, Italy – –90 kg
- Gold World Cup Lisbon – 9–10 June, Lisbon, Portugal – –90 kg
References
[edit]- ^ "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.[dead link]
External links
[edit]- Aleksandar Kukolj at the European Judo Union
- Aleksandar Kukolj at the International Judo Federation
- Aleksandar Kukolj at JudoInside.com
- Aleksandar Kukolj at Olympics.com
- Aleksandar Kukolj at the Olympic Committee of Serbia (in Serbian)
- Aleksandar Kukolj at Olympedia
- Aleksandar Kukolj at The-Sports.org
- Aleksandar Kukolj on Instagram
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