Tina Trstenjak Judoka

Tina Trstenjak

Country:Slovenia
Born:24 August 1990 (29 years)
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Tina Trstenjak of Slovenia won the Olympic title in Rio 2016. Tina won the World title in 2015 in Astana and World bronze in 2014 and 2018. In 2017 she won silver in Budapest. She is 2016 and 2017 European Judo champion and won silver at the European Games in 2015 and six European medals. Trstenjak won the Grand Slams in Paris and Abu Dhabi. GP gold in Düsseldorf, Tunis and Zagreb and more than 35 World Cup medals. She took a bronze at the Grand Slam in Paris in 2020 and silver in Düsseldorf.

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Miku Tashiro beats Olympic champion for the 10th time

22 Feb 2020 17:55

Four-time world medallist Tashiro Miku of Japan kept her remarkable unbeaten run against Olympic champion Tina Trstenjak (SLO) intact as the Japanese judoka has now won all 10 of their meetings. World number two Trstenjak trailed world number three Tashiro by a waza-ari score from a o-uchi-gari and the latter offered a clinical finish on the ground with osaekomi to continue her country’s dominance in Germany. Read more

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Fifth Grand Slam for Slovenian legend Tina Trstenjak

25 Oct 2019 18:05

Olympic champion Tina Trstenjak (SLO) eased to her fifth Grand Slam gold medal at the Grand Slam in Abu Dhabi after beating Brasilia Grand Slam bronze medallist Maylin Del Toro Carvajal (CUB) in the U63kg final. Trstenjak extended her head-to-record over the Cuban to 3-1 having fell to the Tokyo 2020 hope in Düsseldorf last year. Read more

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Abu Dhabi attracts Olympic champions

23 Oct 2019 09:45

Gold backpatches will be everywhere in Abu Dhabi this week at the Grand Slam. Rio 2016 Olympic champions are now just months away from defending their crowns in Japan and are stepping up their bids to defend their titles by entering the toughest competitions on the circuit. Read more

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Clarisse Agbegnenou quadruple World Championships queen

28 Aug 2019 16:45

Clarisse Agbegnenou won her fourth title to enter the record books as France’s first woman to win four world judo titles. Agbegnenou won an epic rematch of the 2018 final as her arch-rival and three-time world medallist Tashiro Miku (JPN) gave the defending champion one of the toughest fights of her illustrious career. In Tokyo the Budokan applauded laudly for the two women for the display of such balanced masterpiece. Read more

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Tokyo Preview women U63kg: Agbegnenou and Tashiro stand out

28 Aug 2019 06:35

All eyes in the category for women U63kg are on Clarisse Agbegnenou. She is going for her fourth world title. French powerhouse Agbegnenou, 26, is a three-time world champion and Rio 2016 Olympic silver medallist. She will start as the favourite and will write her name in the history books if she can retain her title and become the most successful female French judoka of all time at the Worlds. Read more