Sašo Jereb (born 20 January 1983 in Žiri) is a Slovenian judoka, who competed in the men's lightweight category.[1] He represented his nation Slovenia at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also held five Slovenian championship titles to his career hardware in the 73-kg division.[2] Throughout his sporting career, Jereb trained full-time for the Olympic Judo Club (Slovene: Judo Klub Olimpija) in Ljubljana.[3]

Jereb qualified for the Slovenian squad, as a lone male judoka, in the men's lightweight class (73 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing seventh and receiving a berth from the European Championships in Bucharest, Romania.[2][4] He lost his opening match to Iranian judoka Hamed Malekmohammadi, who successfully scored an ippon and an uchi mata gaeshi (inner thigh counter), at three minutes and twenty-eight seconds.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sašo Jereb". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Na OI kar štiri slovenske judoistke" [Four Slovenian judoka at the Olympics] (in Slovenian). Dnevnik. 18 March 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Najuspešnejša posameznika Jereb in Žolnirjeva" [Jereb was among the most successful individual fighters] (in Slovenian). Dnevnik. 27 November 2005. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Sraka v Bukarešti bronasta" [Sraka wins bronze in Bucharest] (in Slovenian). Radiotelevizija Slovenija. 15 May 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Judo: Men's Lightweight (73kg/161 lbs) Round of 32". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  6. ^ "OI: Pregled dogodkov dneva" [Olympics: Briefing of the day] (in Slovenian). 24ur. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%C5%A1o_Jereb
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