![]() A portrait of Mehmedovic by Veronica Kvassetskaia-Tsyglan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | [1] Pančevo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia [1] | 18 March 1985 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Montreal, Quebec | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) (2012) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | –66 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 3rd dan black belt [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Shidokan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Nicolas Gill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Champ. | 7th (2007) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pan American Champ. | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | 9th (2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Profile at external databases | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IJF | 1754 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
JudoInside.com | 15642 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Updated on 2 January 2023. |
Sasha Mehmedovic is a Canadian judoka. [3] At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Men's 66 kg, but was defeated in the second round. [1]
In 2010 the Portrait Society of Canada held a month-long exhibition at the John B. Aird Gallery in Toronto, titled "Canadian Olympic Athletes: a Dialogue in Art", that featured portraits of Canadian Olympic athletes painted by members of the Society. One of the portraits, painted with oil by Society founder and president Veronica Kvassetskaia-Tsyglan, is of Mehmedovic. [4]
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