Nemanja Majdov (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Мајдов; born 10 August 1996) is a Serbian judoka.
Biography
editHe was born in Istočno Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is coached by his father Ljubiša and his older brother Stefan, who is also a judoka.[1]
Majdov won a gold medal at the 2017 World Judo Championships in Budapest. At the 2018 European Judo Championships in Tel Aviv, he won his first senior European medal, a silver at the -90 kg category.
He won the silver medal in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel.[2]
Majdov appeared on the Together We Can Do Everything ballot list for the 2022 general election, as an independent candidate.[3][4]
On 31 August 2024 Nemanja Maidov was suspended from competitions for five months by the International Judo Federation for making the sign of the cross before he stepped onto the mat in the 2024 Olympic games for his match against Theodoros Tselidis.[5][6][7]
Honours
editReferences
edit- ^ "Nemanja Majdov". judoinside.com. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ Lloyd, Owen (19 February 2022). "Dicko cements France's place at top of Tel Aviv Grand Slam medals table". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "Lazar Ristovski i dr Danica Grujičić - neke od nestranačkih ličnosti na listi SNS". www.021.rs (in Serbian). 6 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "Podršku listi „Aleksandar Vučić – Srbija ne sme da stane" dalo više od dve hiljade akademika, profesora, lekara, oficira, sportista i glumaca". Politika Online. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Νεμάνια Μάιντοβ: 'Τιμωρήθηκα με αποκλεισμό πέντε μηνών επειδή έκανα τον σταυρό μου πριν από τον αγώνα με τον Τσελίδη'". www.sport24.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Nemanja Majdov suspended for five months for religious signs". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "IJF Disciplinary Commission - Decision case 2024-05 - ENG" (PDF). International Judo Federation. 31 August 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
External links
edit- Official website
- Nemanja Majdov at the European Judo Union
- Nemanja Majdov at the International Judo Federation
- Nemanja Majdov at JudoInside.com
- Nemanja Majdov at Olympics.com
- Nemanja Majdov at Olympedia
- Nemanja Majdov at the Olympic Committee of Serbia (in Serbian)
- Nemanja Majdov at The-Sports.org
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