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Urška Žolnir

Urška Žolnir (born 9 October 1981) is a Slovenian politician and a retired judoka. She is a member of Judo Club Sankaku Celje.[1]

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.[2][3][4] That makes her the most successful Slovenian judoka of all time.[citation needed]

She was the Slovenian flagbearer at the 2008 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations.

She is a candidate for the Slovenian National Assembly under the Party Povežimo Slovenijo.

References

  1. ^ "Video: Prva slovenska medalja v Londonu – Žolnirjeva kar zlata!".
  2. ^ "Athens 2004 – Judo – Women's -63 kg". olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  3. ^ "London 2012 – Judo – Women's -63 kg". olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Urška Žolnir". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.

External links

Media related to Urška Žolnir at Wikimedia Commons