Aleksandar Kukolj

Aleksandar Kukolj (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Кукољ; born 9 September 1991) is a Serbian judoka. He won the Grand Slam of Abu Dhabi in 2016. In 2016 he took the victory at the Grand Slam in Tokyo. Kukolj started with bronze in 2016 in Havana and silver at the Grand Prix in Baku and silver the Grand Prix Samsun in 2015 and Zagreb in 2014. Kukolj won World Cups in Lisbon in 2012 and won the Panam Open in San Salvador in 2014 & Mediterranean Games in 2013. He won European bronze as Junior and U23. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's 90 kg.^[1][2]

Aleksandar Kukolj

Personal information
Nationality	Serbian
Born	(1991-09-09) 9 September 1991 (age 31) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Occupation	Judoka
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Sport
Country	Serbia
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–90 kg, –100 kg
Coached by	Predrag Dražović
Achievements and titles
World Champ.	(2021)
European Champ.	(2017)
Olympic Games	R16 (2020, 2016)
Medal record Men's judo Representing  Serbia World Championships 2021 Budapest –100 kg European Championships 2017 Warsaw –90 kg IJF Grand Slam 2016 Abu Dhabi –90 kg 2016 Tokyo –90 kg 2018 Ekaterinburg –90 kg 2016 Baku –90 kg 2022 Baku –100 kg 2018 Abu Dhabi –90 kg 2022 Antalya –100 kg 2022 Abu Dhabi –100 kg IJF Grand Prix 2017 The Hague –90 kg 2018 The Hague –90 kg 2014 Zagreb –90 kg 2015 Samsun –90 kg 2017 Hohhot –90 kg 2016 Havana –90 kg 2017 Antalya –90 kg 2018 Budapest –90 kg European U23 Championships 2013 Samokov –90 kg 2010 Sarajevo –81 kg European Junior Championships 2010 Samokov –81 kg Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin –90 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	1220
JudoInside.com	49032
Updated on 6 November 2022.

Achievements

2017

•   Gold European Judo Championships – 20–23 April, Warsaw, Poland – –90 kg^[3]
•   Bronze Grand Prix Antalya – 7–9 April, Antalya, Turkey – –90 kg

2016

•   Gold Grand Slam Tokyo – 2–4 December, Tokyo, Japan – –90 kg
•   Gold Grand Slam Abu Dhabi – 28–30 October, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – –90 kg
•   Silver Grand Slam Baku – 6–8 May, Baku, Azerbaijan – –90 kg
•   Bronze Grand Prix Havana – 22–24 June, Havana, Cuba – –90 kg

2015

•   Silver Grand Prix Samsun – 27–29 March, Samsun, Turkey – –90 kg

2014

•   Silver Grand Prix Zagreb – 12–14 September, Zagreb, Croatia – –90 kg
•   Gold Panamerican Open San Salvador – 14–15 June, San Salvador, El Salvador – –90 kg
•   Silver European Open Prague – 1–2 March, Prague, Czech Republic – –90 kg
•   Silver European Open Sofia – 1–2 February, Sofia, Bulgaria – –90 kg

2013

•   Silver European Open Budapest – 16–17 February, Budapest, Hungary – –90 kg

2012

•   Bronze World Cup Rome – 29–30 September, Rome, Italy – –90 kg
•   Gold World Cup Lisbon – 9–10 June, Lisbon, Portugal – –90 kg

References

1. . rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
3. "CLERGET Axel (FRA) vs KUKOLJ Aleksandar (SRB) 90 kg. Final". Retrieved 22 April 2017.

External links

• Aleksandar Kukolj at the International Judo Federation 
• Aleksandar Kukolj at JudoInside.com 
• Aleksandar Kukolj at Olympics.com 
• Aleksandar Kukolj at Olympedia 
• at the Olympic Committee of Serbia (archived) (in Serbian) 
• Aleksandar Kukolj at the International Olympic Committee  
• Aleksandar Kukolj at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)