Aleksandar Kukolj

Personal information
Nationality	Serbian
Born	(1991-09-09) 9 September 1991 Prague, Czechoslovakia
Occupation	Judoka
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Sport
Country	Serbia
Sport	Judo
Weight class	‍–‍90 kg, ‍–‍100 kg
Coached by	Predrag Dražović
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	R16 (2020, 2016)
World Champ.	(2021)
European Champ.	(2017)
Medal record Men's judo Representing  Serbia World Championships 2021 Budapest ‍–‍100 kg European Championships 2017 Warsaw ‍–‍90 kg IJF Grand Slam 2016 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍90 kg 2016 Tokyo ‍–‍90 kg 2018 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍90 kg 2016 Baku ‍–‍90 kg 2022 Baku ‍–‍100 kg 2023 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍100 kg 2018 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍90 kg 2022 Antalya ‍–‍100 kg 2022 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍100 kg IJF Grand Prix 2017 The Hague ‍–‍90 kg 2018 The Hague ‍–‍90 kg 2023 Zagreb ‍–‍100 kg 2014 Zagreb ‍–‍90 kg 2015 Samsun ‍–‍90 kg 2017 Hohhot ‍–‍90 kg 2016 Havana ‍–‍90 kg 2017 Antalya ‍–‍90 kg 2018 Budapest ‍–‍90 kg Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin ‍–‍90 kg 2022 Oran ‍–‍100 kg European U23 Championships 2013 Samokov ‍–‍90 kg 2010 Sarajevo ‍–‍81 kg European Junior Championships 2010 Samokov ‍–‍81 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	1220
JudoInside.com	49032
Updated on 30 October 2023.

Aleksandar Kukolj (Serbian Cyrillic: 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.^[1][2]

Achievements

2017

•  Gold European Judo Championships – 20–23 April, Warsaw, Poland – –90 kg^[3]
•  Bronze Grand Prix Antalya – 7–9 April, Antalya, Turkey – –90 kg

2016

•  Gold Grand Slam Tokyo – 2–4 December, Tokyo, Japan – –90 kg
•  Gold Grand Slam Abu Dhabi – 28–30 October, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – –90 kg
•  Silver Grand Slam Baku – 6–8 May, Baku, Azerbaijan – –90 kg
•  Bronze Grand Prix Havana – 22–24 June, Havana, Cuba – –90 kg

2015

•  Silver Grand Prix Samsun – 27–29 March, Samsun, Turkey – –90 kg

2014

•  Silver Grand Prix Zagreb – 12–14 September, Zagreb, Croatia – –90 kg
•  Gold Panamerican Open San Salvador – 14–15 June, San Salvador, El Salvador – –90 kg
•  Silver European Open Prague – 1–2 March, Prague, Czech Republic – –90 kg
•  Silver European Open Sofia – 1–2 February, Sofia, Bulgaria – –90 kg

2013

•  Silver European Open Budapest – 16–17 February, Budapest, Hungary – –90 kg

2012

•  Bronze World Cup Rome – 29–30 September, Rome, Italy – –90 kg
•  Gold World Cup Lisbon – 9–10 June, Lisbon, Portugal – –90 kg

References

External links

• Aleksandar Kukolj at the International Judo Federation
• Aleksandar Kukolj at JudoInside.com
• Aleksandar Kukolj at AllJudo.net (in French)
• Aleksandar Kukolj at Olympics.com
• Aleksandar Kukolj at Olympedia
• Aleksandar Kukolj at the Olympic Committee of Serbia (archived) (in Serbian)
• Aleksandar Kukolj at The-Sports.org
• Aleksandar Kukolj on Instagram