Mihael Žgank

Mihael Žgank

Personal information
Nationality	Slovenian Turkish
Born	(1994-02-01) 1 February 1994 Celje, Slovenia
Occupation	Judoka
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Country	Slovenia (2009–2017) Turkey (2018– )
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–90 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ.	(2017)
European Champ.	(2019)
Olympic Games	5th (2020)
Medal record Men's judo 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 Mediterranean Games 2022 Oran –90 kg Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya –90 kg IJF Grand Prix 2019 Antalya –90 kg 2020 Tel Aviv –90 kg 2019 Perth –90 kg 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
Updated on 20 February 2022.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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