Oren Smadja

Shay-Oren Smadja (Hebrew: אורן סמדג'ה; born June 20, 1970) is a former Israeli judoka and a judo coach. Smadja won the Olympic bronze medal in judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics, making him the first Israeli man to win an Olympic medal, and the second Israeli overall after Yael Arad won silver in judo the day before.[2]

Oren Smadja
Personal information
Native nameאורן סמדג'ה‎
NationalityIsraeli
Born (1970-06-20) June 20, 1970
Ofakim, Israel
OccupationJudo coach
Sport
Country Israel
SportJudo
Rank     6th dan black belt in Judo[1]
Now coachingIsrael national judo team
Achievements and titles
World Champ. (1995)
European Champ. (1992)
Olympic Games (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
IJF53539
JudoInside.com2767
Updated on 22 February 2022.

Career

Smadja was born in Ofakim, Israel, to a family of Sephardic Jewish (Tunisian-Jewish) descent. He won the Olympic bronze medal in judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics the under 71 category.[3] In 1995, he won a silver medal at the 1995 World Judo Championships. The next year, he could not repeat his Olympic success at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[4]

He was nominated the national coach of the Israeli men's judo team in 2010.

He coaches Israeli judokas Or Sasson, winner of the bronze medal in the 2016 summer olympics (men 100kg+), and Sagi Muki, who won the gold medal at the 2015 European Games in judo in the under 73 category[5] and the gold medal at the 2019 World Judo Championships in Tokyo in the under 81 category.

Smadja is the first Israeli to win an Olympic medal both as an athlete and as a coach.

Achievements
YearTournamentPlaceWeight classRef.
1990 World Juniors Championships2ndLightweight (71 kg)[6]
1992 Olympic Games3rd[7]
European Judo Championships3rd[8]
1995 World Judo Championships2ndHalf middleweight (78 kg)[9]
European Judo Championships7th[10]

See also

References
  1. "Oren Smadja". Olympic Committee of Israel (in Hebrew). Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  2. "Sporting heroes for 60 years: No. 25 Oren Smadja". The Jerusalem Post. 10 April 2008.
  3. "Judo: Olympic Games: Men: -71 kg". Sports 123. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  4. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Shay-Oren Smadja". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  5. "Israeli judoka wins silver medal at the European Championship". i24news.
  6. "1990 World Juniors Championships". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  7. "1992 Olympic Games". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  8. "1992 European Championships". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  9. "1995 World Championships". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  10. "1995 European Championships". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 11 May 2021.


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