Mihael Žgank

Mihael Žgank (Turkish: Mikail Özerler; born 1 February 1994) is a Slovenian-born Turkish judoka.[1]

Mihael Žgank
Personal information
NationalitySlovenian
Turkish
Born (1994-02-01) 1 February 1994
Celje, Slovenia
OccupationJudoka
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Country Slovenia (2009–2017)
 Turkey (2018– )
SportJudo
Weight class–90 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ. (2017)
European Champ. (2019)
Olympic Games5th (2020)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Slovenia
World Championships
2017 Budapest –90 kg
World Masters
2016 Gualdelajara –90 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2017 Paris –90 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2016 Budapest –90 kg
2015 Tashkent –90 kg
2016 Almaty –90 kg
2017 Düsseldorf –90 kg
European U23 Championships
2014 Wrocław –90 kg
European Junior Championships
2011 Lommel –90 kg
2012 Poreč –90 kg
Representing  Turkey
European Games
2019 Minsk –90 kg
World Masters
2019 Qingdao –90 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2019 Brasilia –90 kg
2022 Paris –90 kg
2022 Tel Aviv –90 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2019 Antalya –90 kg
2020 Tel Aviv –90 kg
2019 Perth –90 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF9361, 48433
JudoInside.com65690
Updated on 20 February 2022.

Career

Žgank competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's 90 kg, where he lost to Aleksandar Kukolj of Serbia in the round of 32.[2]

At the 2017 World Judo Championships in Budapest, Žgank won the silver medal.[3]

Later, Žgank switched nationality from Slovenia to Turkey due to financial reasons.[4] He participated at the 2018 World Judo Championships in Baku under his new Turkish name Mikail Özerler.[5]

He won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Paris held in Paris, France. He also won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel.[6]

References
  1. "Mikail Zgank Ozerler, Judoka". JudoInside.
  2. "Men -90 kg". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06.
  3. "Mihael Žgank srebrn v Budimpešti". September 2017.
  4. "Finally green light for World Championships Runner up Miha Zgank to switch to Turkey". JudoInside.
  5. "Mikail Ozerler". IJF.
  6. Lloyd, Owen (19 February 2022). "Dicko cements France's place at top of Tel Aviv Grand Slam medals table". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 February 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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