Oren Smadja

Oren Smadja

Oren Smadja
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Israel
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona 71 kg
World Championships
1995 Chiba 78 kg

Shay-Oren Smadja (Hebrew: אורן סמדג'ה, born June 20, 1970 in Ofakim, Israel) is a former Israeli judoka and a judo coach.

Career

He won the Olympic bronze medal in judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics the under 71 category.[1] In 1995, he won a silver medal at the 1995 World Judo Championships. The next year, he could not repeat his Olympic success at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[2]

He coaches Israeli judokas Or Sasson, winner of the bronze medal in the 2016 summer olympics (men 100kg+), and of Sagi Muki, who won the gold medal at the 2015 European Games in judo in the under 73 category.[3]

Achievements

YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
1995World Judo Championships 2ndHalf middleweight (78 kg)
European Judo Championships 7thHalf middleweight (78 kg)
1992Olympic Games 3rdLightweight (71 kg)
European Judo Championships 3rdLightweight (71 kg)

See also

References

  1. "Judo: Olympic Games: Men: -71 kg". Sports 123. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  2. Shay-Oren Smadja at Sports-reference.com
  3. "Israeli judoka wins silver medal at the European Championship". i24news.
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