Or Sasson

Or Sasson
Sasson at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Native nameאור ששון‎
NicknameOri Sasson[2]
NationalityIsraeli
Born (1990-08-18) 18 August 1990 (age 34)
Jerusalem
Alma materRuppin College
OccupationJudoka
Height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Weight124 kg (273 lb)[3]
Sport
Country Israel
SportJudo
Weight class+100 kg
Rank     5th dan black belt[1]
ClubMeitav Jerusalem
Coached byGil Ofer, Oren Smadja
Retired12 May 2022[4][5]
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesBronze (2016)
World Champ.R32 (2014, 2015, 2018,
R32( 2019)
European Champ.Silver (2015, 2016)
Highest world ranking3rd[6] (2016)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Israel
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro +100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Mixed team
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Baku +100 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Kazan +100 kg
World Masters
Silver medal – second place 2016 Guadalajara +100 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Silver medal – second place 2016 Paris +100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Ekaterinburg +100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Abu Dhabi +100 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tbilisi +100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tashkent +100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tel Aviv +100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest +100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tel Aviv +100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Zagreb +100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Amsterdam ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Ulaanbaatar ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Zagreb +100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Düsseldorf +100 kg
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Tel Aviv ‍–‍100 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF3278
JudoInside.com58892
Updated on 18 May 2023

Or "Ori" Sasson (Hebrew: אור "אורי" ששון; born 18 August 1990) is a retired[4][5] Israeli Olympic judoka.[7] He won a bronze medal in the +100 kg category at the 2016 Summer Olympics[8][9][10][11] and another one at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[12] He is the second of three Israelis to win two Olympic medals.[13]

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 in the 2015 European Judo Championship which was held during the European Games.[14][15][16]

  1. ^ "Association board meeting protocol 01/09/2021" (PDF). Israel Judo Association (in Hebrew). 16 March 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Baku 2015 1St European Games – Athletes – SASSON Or". Baku 2015. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Judo – Men +100 kg – Weigh-in List" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. 29 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b Aharoni, Oren (12 May 2022). "Ori Sasson retired: "I've put my heart on the met in every fight"". Israel Hayom (in Hebrew). Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  5. ^ a b Rakovsky, Ido (12 May 2022). ""I've beaten all the doubts and fears": Ori Sasson retired from judo at age 31". Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  6. ^ "IJF Senior World Ranking List" (PDF). International Judo Federation. 17 October 2016. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Or Sasson". JudoInside.com.
  8. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Or Sasson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  9. ^ "2016 Summer Olympics". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  10. ^ "2016 Summer Olympics". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  11. ^ "2016 Summer Olympics" (PDF). European Judo Union. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  12. ^ Katzir, Itamar. "Israeli Mixed Judo Team Wins Bronze, Defeating Russia 4-1 at Tokyo Olympics". haaretz. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  13. ^ Mallon, Bill; Heijmans, Jeroen (11 August 2011). Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement. ISBN 9780810875227.
  14. ^ "2015 European Games". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  15. ^ "2015 European Championships". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  16. ^ "2015 European Games" (PDF). European Judo Union. Retrieved 29 June 2021.