Aleksandar Kukolj
{{Short description|Serbian judoka (born 1991)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox judoka
| name = Aleksandar Kukolj
| nationality = Serbian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|9|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia
| height = 1.94 m
| website =
| country = {{SRB}}
| weight_class = {{nbnd}}90 kg, {{nbnd}}100 kg
| rank =
| rank_ref =
| dan =
| coach = Predrag Dražović
| worlds_rank = 2
| worlds_year = 2021
| worlds_weight = Men's 100 kg
| regionals_type = EU
| regionals_rank = 1
| regionals_year = 2017
| regionals_weight = Men's 90 kg
| nationals =
| olympics_rank = R16
| olympics_year = 2020
| olympics_weight = Men's 100 kg
| olympics_year2 = 2016
| olympics_weight2 = Men's 90 kg
| show-medals =
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport| Men's judo }}
{{Medal|Country| {{SRB}} }}
{{Medal|Competition| World Championships }}
{{Medal|S| 2021 Budapest | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| European Championships }}
{{Medal|G| 2017 Warsaw | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Slam }}
{{Medal|G| 2016 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|G| 2016 Tokyo | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|G| 2018 Ekaterinburg | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|S| 2016 Baku | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|S| 2022 Baku | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}
{{Medal|S| 2023 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2018 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2022 Antalya | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2022 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2024 Paris | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Prix }}
{{Medal|G| 2017 The Hague | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|G| 2018 The Hague | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|G| 2023 Zagreb | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}
{{Medal|S| 2014 Zagreb | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|S| 2015 Samsun | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|S| 2017 Hohhot | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2016 Havana | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2017 Antalya | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2018 Budapest | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| Mediterranean Games }}
{{Medal|G| 2013 Mersin | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2022 Oran | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| European U23 Championships }}
{{Medal|S| 2013 Samokov | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2010 Sarajevo | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| European Junior Championships }}
{{Medal|S| 2010 Samokov | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}
| updated = 4 February 2024
}}
Aleksandar Kukolj ({{Lang-sr-cyrl|Александар Кукољ}}; born 9 September 1991) is a Serbian judoka. He won gold medals at the 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam and the 2016 Tokyo Grand Slam. Kukolj started with bronze in the 2016 Havana Grand Prix and silvers at the 2014 Zagreb Grand Prix, 2015 Samsun Grand Prix and 2016 Baku Grand Slam. Kukolj won World Cups in Lisbon in 2012 and won the Panam Open in San Salvador in 2014 and the 2013 Mediterranean Games. He won European medals as Junior and U23.
Kukolj competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's 90 kg.{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/aleksandar-kukolj |title=Aleksandar Kukolj |website=Rio2016.com |publisher=Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=10 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806030514/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/aleksandar-kukolj |archive-date= 6 August 2016 }}{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Aleksandar Kukolj |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/aleksandar-kukolj-1.html |access-date=30 September 2020 |archive-date=18 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418082339/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/aleksandar-kukolj-1.html |url-status=dead }}
Achievements
;2017:
- {{Gold medal}} European Judo Championships – 20–23 April, Warsaw, Poland – –90 kg{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMEJATgFoFY |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423011356/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMEJATgFoFY |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 April 2023 |title=CLERGET Axel (FRA) vs KUKOLJ Aleksandar (SRB) 90 kg. Final |website=YouTube.com |access-date=22 April 2017}}
- {{Bronze medal}} Grand Prix Antalya – 7–9 April, Antalya, Turkey – –90 kg
;2016:
- {{Gold medal}} Grand Slam Tokyo – 2–4 December, Tokyo, Japan – –90 kg
- {{Gold medal}} Grand Slam Abu Dhabi – 28–30 October, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – –90 kg
- {{Silver medal}} Grand Slam Baku – 6–8 May, Baku, Azerbaijan – –90 kg
- {{Bronze medal}} Grand Prix Havana – 22–24 June, Havana, Cuba – –90 kg
;2015:
;2014:
- {{Silver medal}} Grand Prix Zagreb – 12–14 September, Zagreb, Croatia – –90 kg
- {{Gold medal}} Panamerican Open San Salvador – 14–15 June, San Salvador, El Salvador – –90 kg
- {{Silver medal}} European Open Prague – 1–2 March, Prague, Czech Republic – –90 kg
- {{Silver medal}} European Open Sofia – 1–2 February, Sofia, Bulgaria – –90 kg
;2013:
;2012:
References
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External links
- {{EJU|1220}}
- {{Sports links|properties=-P4191}}
{{EC Judo M90}}
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Category:Olympic judoka for Serbia
Category:Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:European champions for Serbia
Category:European Games competitors for Serbia
Category:Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Category:Martial artists from Prague
Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Serbia
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in judo
Category:Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
Category:Judoka at the 2015 European Games
Category:Judoka at the 2019 European Games
Category:Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:21st-century Serbian people
Category:Judoka at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
Category:Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Serbia
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