A portrait of Mehmedovic by Veronica Kvassetskaia-Tsyglan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1985-03-18) 18 March 1985 (age 39) Pančevo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Montreal, Quebec | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) (2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | –66 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 3rd dan black belt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Shidokan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Nicolas Gill | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | 9th (2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Champ. | 7th (2007) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pan American Champ. | (2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Profile at external databases | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IJF | 1754 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
JudoInside.com | 15642 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Updated on 2 January 2023 |
Sasha Mehmedovic is a Canadian judoka. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Men's 66 kg, but was defeated in the second round.
Portrait
In 2010 the Portrait Society of Canada held a month-long exhibition at the John B. Aird Gallery in Toronto, titled "Canadian Olympic Athletes: a Dialogue in Art", that featured portraits of Canadian Olympic athletes painted by members of the society. One of the portraits, painted with oil by society founder and president Veronica Kvassetskaia-Tsyglan, is of Mehmedovic.
See also
References
- "IJF Dan Grades Awardees" (PDF). International Judo Federation. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sasha Mehmedovic". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- "Sasha Mehmedovic". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- "Canadian Olympic Athletes: a Dialogue in Art". Portrait Society of Canada website. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
External links
- Sasha Mehmedovic at the International Judo Federation
- Sasha Mehmedovic at JudoInside.com
- Sasha Mehmedovic at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Sasha Mehmedovic at Olympics.com
- Sasha Mehmedovic at Team Canada
- Sasha Mehmedovic at The-Sports.org
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- Canadian male judoka
- Living people
- Olympic judoka for Canada
- Serbian emigrants to Canada
- Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- 1985 births
- Sportspeople from Pančevo
- Martial artists from Montreal
- Canadian people of Serbian descent
- 21st-century Canadian sportsmen
- Canadian judo biography stubs