Sašo Jereb

Sašo Jereb
Personal information
Full name Sašo Jereb
Nationality  Slovenia
Born (1983-01-20) 20 January 1983
Žiri, SR Slovenia, SFR
Yugoslavia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Judo
Event(s) 73 kg
Club Judo Klub Olimpija

Sašo Jereb (born January 20, 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. ↑ "Sašo Jereb". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 "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.

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