Sagi Muki

Sagi Muki
Muki in 2019
Personal information
Native nameשגיא מוקי
Full nameSagi Aharon Muki
NationalityIsraeli
Born (1992-05-17) 17 May 1992 (age 32)
Netanya, Israel
OccupationJudoka
Years active28
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[2][3]
Sport
Country Israel
SportJudo
Weight class–81 kg
Rank     5th dan black belt[1]
Coached byOren Smadja
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games5th (2016)
World Champ.Gold (2019)
European Champ.Gold (2015, 2018)
Highest world ranking1[4]
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Israel
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Mixed team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tokyo ‍–‍81 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tashkent Mixed team
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku ‍–‍73 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tel Aviv ‍–‍81 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Lisbon ‍–‍81 kg
World Masters
Silver medal – second place 2019 Qingdao ‍–‍81 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Doha ‍–‍81 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2014 Baku ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍81 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍81 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Baku ‍–‍81 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Tel Aviv ‍–‍81 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Paris ‍–‍81 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Paris ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Paris ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Tbilisi ‍–‍81 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2014 Havana ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tashkent ‍–‍81 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tel Aviv ‍–‍81 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Zagreb ‍–‍81 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Düsseldorf ‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Astana ‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Jeju ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Düsseldorf ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Zagreb ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Budapest ‍–‍81 kg
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Lommel ‍–‍73 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF3873
JudoInside.com48909
Updated on 23 March 2024

Sagi Aharon Muki (or Moki; Hebrew: שגיא אהרון מוקי; born 17 May 1992) is an Israeli Olympic and former world champion half-middleweight judoka.[5][6][7] Muki is the 2019 World Champion. He also won the 2015[8][9][10] and 2018[11] European championships. In the mixed team event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Muki was a member of the Israeli team that won the bronze medal.

In August 2011 Muki won the European Cup U20 in Berlin in the under 73 kilogram (161-pound) category. He won gold medals in February 2013 at the European Open in Tbilisi, Georgia, in June 2013 at the European Open Tallinn, and in October 2013 at the European Open Minsk in the under 73 weight class. In May 2014, he won the Baku Grand Slam in Azerbaijan in the under 73 kg category, and the following month he won another International Judo Federation World Tour gold medal, this time at the Havana Grand Prix in the under 73 kg category.

Muki is a two-time Israeli judo champion. In June 2015, representing Israel at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, he won the gold medal and the European championship in judo in the under 73 kg weight class. Competing for Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics he came in 5th place. He was ranked No. 1 in the world in March 2019.[12]

Muki will represent Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in judo in the men's 81 kg event on 30 July 2024, and in the mixed team event.

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  10. ^ "2015 European Games". JudoInside. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  11. ^ "2018 European Championships". JudoInside. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  12. ^ "IJF World Rankings 31 Mar 2019".

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