ZGANK Mihael

Date of Birth: 1 Feb 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Place of birth: CELJE

Birth Country:

Slovenia

Place of residence : ISTANBUL

Residence Country:

Turkey

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Judo	Men -90 kg	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 2	Men -90 kg Elimination Round of 32 #12 CUB SILVA MORALES IFSILVA MORALES Ivan Felipe 0s2 TUR ZGANK MZGANK Mihael 1s1 WAZ	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 2	Men -90 kg Elimination Round of 16 #23 TUR ZGANK MZGANK Mihael 1s2 WAZ USA BROWN CBROWN Colton 0s2	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 2	Men -90 kg Quarterfinal #28 NED van T END Nvan T END Noel 0s3 TUR ZGANK MZGANK Mihael 10 IPP	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1	Men -90 kg Semifinal of Table B #31 TUR ZGANK MZGANK Mihael 0 GER TRIPPEL ETRIPPEL Eduard 1s2 WAZ	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1	Men -90 kg Contest for Bronze Medal A #36 UZB BOBONOV DBOBONOV Davlat 10s1 IPP TUR ZGANK MZGANK Mihael 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	-90 kg
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	17

World Championships

Year	Location	-90 kg	Team X
2019	Tokyo, JPN	9	-
2018	Baku, AZE	9	17
2017	Budapest, HUN	2	-

European Championships

Year	Location	-90 kg	Team
2021	Lisbon, POR	5	-
2020	Prague, CZE	5	-
2019	Minsk, BLR	1	9
2017	Warsaw, POL	17	-

World Masters

Year	Location	-90 kg
2021	Doha, QAT	5
2019	Qingdao, CHN	3

Grand Slam - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	9th	16th	17th	30th-33rd
2021	-90 kg	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-90 kg	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-
2019	-90 kg	-	-	1x	-	-	2x	-	1x	-
2018	-90 kg	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-
2017	-90 kg	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-

Grand Prix - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2020	-90 kg	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-90 kg	1x	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-
2018	-90 kg	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-
2017	-90 kg	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-

World Cup - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	4rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2019	-90 kg	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	-90 kg	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Grand Slam, Grand Prix & World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2019	-90 kg	Grand Prix	Antalya, TUR
2	2020	-90 kg	Grand Prix	Tel Aviv, ISR
2	2017	-90 kg	World Cup	Tunis, TUN
3	2019	-90 kg	World Cup	Perth, WA, AUS
3	2019	-90 kg	Grand Slam	Brasilia, BRA
3	2017	-90 kg	Grand Slam	Paris, FRA
3	2017	-90 kg	Grand Prix	Dusseldorf, GER
5	2021	-90 kg	Grand Slam	Antalya, TUR
5	2018	-90 kg	Grand Prix	Tashkent, UZB
7	2020	-90 kg	Grand Slam	Paris, FRA

Rhino (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Golf, reading books, tennis. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Occupation:

Food Technology, Nutrition - Sentjur Vocational College , Slovenia

Languages spoken:

Croatian, English, Russian, Slovene, Turkish

Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyespor Spor Kulubu [Turkey]

He took up judo at age seven at Judo Klub Z'dezele Sankaku in Celje, Slovenia. (sportnaoprema.si, 26 Nov 2015)

He used to train in both judo and football, but due to the increasing number of training sessions, his parents told him he needed to choose which sport he would like to continue, and he chose to focus on judo. "I like judo because it is an individual sport. I work better alone than as a part of a team, especially when it is about making decisions." (sportnaoprema.si, 26 Nov 2015)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (aa.com.tr, 16 Dec 2020)

Winning a silver medal at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, and claiming gold at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

French judoka Teddy Riner, Slovenian judoka Urska Zolnir. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Brazilian judoka Pedro Guedes. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Philosophy:

"Veni, Vidi, Vici." (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

General Interest

Belt grade
Black belt - I DAN (IJF, 15 Jul 2016)

Preferred techniques
Osoto-gari (IJF, 17 Jul 2016)

General
FROM SLOVENIA TO TURKEY
He switched from representing Slovenia to competing for Turkey in 2018. With the move, he also changed his name from Mihael Zgank to Mihael Ozerler. "The process was difficult for me in Slovenia. I wanted to be an Olympic champion, but there were not enough opportunities. I didn't have a partner in my own category despite searching. Even though I prepared very well for the 2017 European Championships [in Warsaw, Poland], I couldn't get a place. I couldn't get along with the coaches. In the same year at the World Championship [in Budapest, Hungary] I came in second place. Then the offer came from Turkey. I made the right decision and chose Turkey in 2018." (aa.com.tr, 16 Dec 2020)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
IPP:: Ippon
WAZ:: Waza-Ari

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