Native name אור ששון Nickname(s) Sasson Ethnicity Jewish Name Or Sasson Weight 100 kg | Full name Or Sasson Nationality Israeli Height 1.93 m | |
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Born 18 August 1990 (age 34) ( 1990-08-18 ) Jerusalem, Israel | ||
Judo 2016 Grand Slam Paris: Sasson (ISR) - Harasawa (JPN) [+100kg] final
Or Sasson (also "Ori" and "Uri"; Hebrew: אור ששון; born 18 August 1990) is an Israeli judoka.
Contents
- Judo 2016 Grand Slam Paris Sasson ISR Harasawa JPN 100kg final
- Egyptian judoka Islam el Shehaby refuses to shake hand of Israeli Or Sasson Rio 2016 Olympics
- Early and personal life
- Judo career
- References
In June 2015, representing Israel at the 2015 European Games in judo in the +100 kg (+220 pounds) category in Baku, Azerbaijan, Sasson won a silver medal for Israel in the inaugural European Games, and in doing so won the silver medal in the 2015 European Judo Championship.
Egyptian judoka Islam el-Shehaby refuses to shake hand of Israeli Or Sasson - Rio 2016 Olympics
Early and personal life
Sasson was born in Jerusalem, Israel, and is Jewish. He is the younger brother of Israeli judoka and national team captain Alon Sasson, who when they were children would hit him to show him who was boss. He lives in Netanya, Israel, and studies Business Administration at Ruppin College.
Judo career
Sasson started training in judo when he was eight years old. His coaches are Gill Offer and Oren Smadja, his club is Meitav Jerusalem, and he started competing in 2005. He has worked with Noam Eyal, a sports psychologist who works for the Olympic Committee of Israel. Sasson won the Israeli judo championship at −100 kg (−220 pounds) in 2007–09 and 2011, and at +100 kg in 2011 and 2012.
In July 2009 Sasson won the gold medal at the 2009 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, Israel, in judo at −100 kg. In September 2011 he competed in the Judo World Cup in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where Iranian Javad Mahjoub was slated to face him, but refused.
In February 2012, he won a gold medal in the World Cup Prague in judo at +100 kg. In February 2013 and the following month, Sasson won gold medals in the European Open Tbilisi in Georgia and the European Open Warsaw at −100 kg. In September 2014, he won a gold medal at the European Open Tallinn in Estonia at +100 kg, as he weighed approximately 115 kg and returned from surgery on an injured thumb.
On 26 June 2015, representing Israel at the 2015 European Games in judo in the +100 kg category (while weighing 120 kg (265 lb)) in Baku, Azerbaijan, Sasson won a silver medal for Israel in the inaugural European Games, and in doing so won the silver medal in the 2015 European Judo Championship. He lost to 159 kg (351 lb) Adam Okruashvili of Georgia in the final.