Mikail Özerler
Mihael Žgank (born 1 February 1994) is a Slovenian-born Turkish judoka.[1]
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| Nationality | Slovenian Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 February 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Žgank competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's 90 kg, where he lost to Aleksandar Kukolj of Serbia in the round of 32.[2]
At the 2017 World Judo Championships in Budapest, Žgank won the silver medal.[3]
Later, Žgank switched nationality from Slovenia to Turkey due to financial reasons.[4] He participated at the 2018 World Judo Championships in Baku under his new Turkish name Mikail Özerler.[5]
References
- "Mikail Zgank Ozerler, Judoka". JudoInside.
- "Men -90 kg". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06.
- http://www.delo.si/sport/drugi-sporti/zgank-do-kolajne-v-budimpesti.html
- "Finally green light for World Championships Runner up Miha Zgank to switch to Turkey". JudoInside.
- "Mikail Ozerler". IJF.
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