Mikail Özerler

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

Mihael Žgank
Personal information
NationalitySlovenian
Turkish
Born (1994-02-01) 1 February 1994
Sport
Country Slovenia (2009–2017)
 Turkey (2018– )
SportJudo

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]

References

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