Sašo Jereb (born 20 January 1983 in

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) is a

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, who competed in the men's lightweight category. He represented his nation

at the

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, and also held five Slovenian championship titles to his career hardware in the 73-kg division. Throughout his sporting career, Jereb trained full-time for the Olympic Judo Club () in

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. Jereb qualified for the Slovenian squad, as a lone male judoka, in the men's lightweight class (73 kg) at the

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, by placing seventh and receiving a berth from the

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. He lost his opening match to Iranian judoka Hamed Malekmohammadi, who successfully scored an ippon and an

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(inner thigh counter), at three minutes and twenty-eight seconds.

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* * 1983 births Living people Slovenian male judoka Olympic judoka for Slovenia Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics People from Žiri 21st-century Slovenian sportsmen {{Slovenia-judo-bio-stub