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Sagi Muki

Muki vs. Tatalashvili (GEO) in the gold medal final of the 2015 European Games
Personal information
Native name	שגיא מוקי
Nationality	Israeli
Born	(1992-05-17) 17 May 1992 (age 32) Netanya, Israel
Years active	19
Sport
Country	Israel
Sport	Judo
Rank	# 3 in the world (October 2014)
Event	under 73 kg
Coached by	Oren Smadja
Medal record Judo Representing  Israel European Games 2015 Baku –73 kg
Updated on 27 June 2015

Sagi Muki (Hebrew: שגיא מוקי; born 17 May 1992) is an Israeli lightweight judoka. Muki is Jewish.

In June 2015, representing Israel at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, he won the gold medal and the European championship in judo in the under 73 kg weight class.

Judo career

Muki is coached by Israeli judoka Oren Smadja, who won the Olympic bronze medal in the under 71 kg weight category in judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

In April 2011 he came in fifth in the World U-20 Junior Championships in the under 73-kilogram (161-pound) category, and in August 2011 he won the European Cup U20 in Berlin in the under 73 category. In September 2011, he came in third in the European U20 Junior Championships in Lommel, Belgium, in the under 73 category. In December 2012, he won the Israeli Championship in the under 81 category in Ra'anana, Israel.

He won a gold medal at the European Open World Judo Championship in February 2013 in Tbilisi, Georgia, in the under 73 category. He also won gold medals at the European Open Tallinn in June 2013, and the European Open Minsk in October 2013 in the under 73 weight class. He won the Israeli Championship in the under 81 category in Ra'anana, Israel in December 2013.

In May 2014, he won the Baku Grand Slam in Azerbaijan in the under 73 kg category. In June 2014, he won another International Judo Federation World Tour gold medal, at the Havana Grand Prix in the under 73 kg category. In October 2014, he was ranked number three in the world in his weight class.

On 26 June 2015, representing Israel at the 2015 European Games in judo in the under 73 category in Baku, he won the first gold medal for Israel in the inaugral European Games, and in doing so won the European championship. Muki will receive NIS 40,000 (approximately $10,500) from the Israel Olympic Committee for his achievement.

References

1. "Sagi Muki, Judoka". JudoInside.
2. "Judo – Sagi Muki (Israel): season totals". the-sports.org.
3. "Israeli Sports", Jewish Sports Review, Vol. 9, No. 11, Issue 107, p. 21, January/February 2015.
4. "Israeli judoka wins silver medal at European Championship". i24news.
5. ^ "Sagi Muki, Judoka, JudoInside". judoinside.com.
6. ^ "Judo - Sagi Muki (Israel)". the-sports.org.
7. "Israelian Championships Ra'anana, Event, JudoInside". judoinside.com.
8. "Israel Nabs Gold, Bronze at Judo Championships". Arutz Sheva.
9. "Day 2 of the Judo Grand Slam in Azerbaijan". euronews.
10. Paul Osborne. "Muki takes second successive IJF World Judo Tour gold with victory in Havana". insidethegames.
11. "Havana Grand Prix: Tchrikishvili still the man to beat". euronews.
12. "Muki works his magic on the mat at Astana Grand Prix". TLV1 RADIO.
13. ^ "Israeli judoka Sagi Muki wins gold medal at European Games in Baku". The Jerusalem Post.
14. "Israeli judoka takes gold medal at European Games in Baku". The Times of Israel.
15. "Israeli wins gold medal at European judo competition". JNS.org.

External links

• The-sports.org bio
• Profile at judoinside.com.

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