Mihael Žgank (Turkish: Mikail Özerler; born 1 February 1994) is a Slovenian-born Turkish judoka.[1]
Career
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]
He won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Paris held in Paris, France. He also won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel.[6]
References
- ^ "Mikail Zgank Ozerler, Judoka". JudoInside.
- ^ "Men -90 kg". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Mihael Žgank srebrn v Budimpešti" [Mihael Žgank silver in Budapest]. delo.si (in Slovenian). 1 September 2017.
- ^ "Finally green light for World Championships Runner up Miha Zgank to switch to Turkey". JudoInside.
- ^ "Mikail Ozerler". IJF.
- ^ Lloyd, Owen (19 February 2022). "Dicko cements France's place at top of Tel Aviv Grand Slam medals table". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
External links
Media related to Mihael Žgank at Wikimedia Commons
- Mihael Zgank (Slovenia) at the International Judo Federation
- Mihael Zgank (Turkey) at the International Judo Federation
- Mihael Zgank at JudoInside.com
- Mihael Zgank at Olympics.com
- Mihael Zgank at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Mihael Žgank at Olympedia
- Mihael Zgank at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
- Mihael Zgank at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)
- Mihael Özerler-Zgank at The-Sports.org
