(1970-06-20) June 20, 1970 (age 53) Ofakim, Israel
Occupation
Judo coach
Sport
Country
Israel
Sport
Judo
Weight class
–71 kg, –78 kg
Rank
7th dan black belt[1]
Now coaching
Israel national judo team
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games
(1992)
World Champ.
(1995)
European Champ.
(1992)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing Israel
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona
–71 kg
World Championships
1995 Chiba
–78 kg
European Championships
1992 Paris
–71 kg
World Juniors Championships
1990 Dijon
–71 kg
European Junior Championships
1990 Ankara
–71 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF
53539
JudoInside.com
2767
Updated on 5 June 2023
Shay-Oren Smadja (Hebrew: אורן סמדג'ה; born 20 June 1970) is an Israeli judo coach and former competitive judoka. Smadja won an Olympic bronze medal in 1992 Summer Olympics, making him the first Israeli male to win an Olympic medal, and the second Israeli overall after Yael Arad who won silver in judo the day before.[2]
^"IJF Dan Grades Awardees" (PDF). International Judo Federation. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
^"Sporting heroes for 60 years: No. 25 Oren Smadja". The Jerusalem Post. 10 April 2008.
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won a silver medal. She was followed a day later by another judoka, OrenSmadja, who won bronze. Since then, Israel won a bronze medal in five successive...
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win an Olympic medal, winning a silver medal in judo. The next day, OrenSmadja became Israel's first male medalist, winning a bronze in the same sport...
of 19. Semberg was born and raised in Gedera, Israel, to Israeli parents Oren Sermberg and Nili Cohen-Semberg; her father is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent...
after receiving a bye in the first round he was beaten by Israeli judoka OrenSmadja, so he didn't advance any further. Sports Reference Profile Alaoui Mohamed...
"1996 Summer Olympics". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 4 July 2021. "Yael and Oren are still heroes". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 7 January 2011. "JudoInside...
Israeli-born parents of both Yemeni Jewish and Greek Jewish descent. Her father Oren is a standing army soldier in the IDF, whereas her mother Hedva is a kindergarten...
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Tokyo Olympics". Haaretz. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021. Aharoni, Oren (1 August 2021). "Israeli gymnast Artem Dolgopyat claims gold at Tokyo Games"...
Ki-young Hidehiko Yoshida Jason Morris Darcel Yandzi 1995 Toshihiko Koga OrenSmadja Patrick Reiter Djamel Bouras 1997 Cho In-chul Djamel Bouras Kwak Ok-chol...
from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018. Aharoni, Oren (8 August 2018). "2 first Israeli representatives to 2020 Tokyo Olympics...
Olympics. Butbul started training in judo when he was five years old at OrenSmadja's school. On 19 September 2014, Butbul took part in the under 21 European...
the fourth Israeli man in history to win the bronze, the others being OrenSmadja, his trainer, and Arik Zeevi, who won in the open-weight category. In...
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refusing to shake Sasson's hand. Israel at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Aharoni, Oren (12 July 2016). ריבקין תישא את הדגל בטקס הפתיחה בריו [Rivkin will carry the...
the –86 kg category. Ponte coached Israeli Olympic bronze medalist OrenSmadja. Ponte is the president of the Israel Judo Association. "Association...
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