Amel Mekić (born 21 September 1981) is a retired Bosnian judoka. He won a gold medal at European Judo Championships in 2011, beating five opponents on a way, including two Olympic medalists

Ariel Ze'evi Ariel "Arik" Ze'evi ( he, אריאל "אריק" זאבי, born 16 January 1977) is a retired Israeli dan 6 black belt in Judo. He had a long and successful career competing in half-heavyweight Judo competitions. He is an Olympic bronze medal fin ...

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Henk Grol Hindrik Harmannus Arnoldus "Henk" Grol (born 14 April 1985 in Veendam) is a retired Dutch judoka. Judo career Grol competed in the 2007 European Judo Championships in Belgrade, Serbia in the men's under 90 kg, as a replacement for Mark H ...

. Mekić was part of the Bosnian Olympic team at the 2008 Summer Olympics (achieved 9th place after four fights) and at the 2012 Summer Olympics (lost in the first round). He was the Bosnian flag-bearer at both the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Although he never managed to win either Olympic or World medal, Mekić beat several Olympic and World medalists during his career, including Olympic champion

Pawel Nastula Pavel ( Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pav ...

, as well as World champions Frederic Demontfaucon,

Dennis van der Geest Dennis van der Geest (; born 27 June 1975) is a Dutch judoka, who won the bronze medal in the men's heavyweight (+ 100 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was born in Haarlem, North Holland. In 2005, he became the world judo ...

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Luciano Corrêa Luciano Ribeiro Corrêa (born 25 November 1982) is a Brazilian judoka, who competes in the -100 kg (half heavyweight) category. He was world champion in the 2007 World Judo Championships. As well as this, he has won a bronze at the Worl ...

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(judovision.org) 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Sarajevo Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina male judoka Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Bosnia and Herzegovina Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Bosnia and Herzegovina Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Bosnia and Herzegovina Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Universiade medalists in judo Mediterranean Games medalists in judo Universiade medalists for Bosnia and Herzegovina Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade {{BosniaHerzegovina-judo-bio-stub

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