Or Sasson

Or Sasson
Sasson at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Native nameאור ששון
NicknameOri Sasson
NationalityIsraeli
Born (1990-08-18) 18 August 1990
Jerusalem
Alma materRuppin College
OccupationJudoka
Height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight124 kg (273 lb)
Sport
Country Israel
SportJudo
Weight class+100 kg
Rank     6th dan black belt
ClubMeitav Jerusalem
Coached byGil Ofer, Oren Smadja
Retired12 May 2022
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games (2016)
World Champ.R32 (2014, 2015, 2018,
2019)
European Champ. (2015, 2016)
Highest world ranking3rd (2016)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Israel
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro+100 kg
2020 TokyoMixed team
European Games
2015 Baku+100 kg
European Championships
2016 Kazan+100 kg
World Masters
2016 Guadalajara+100 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2016 Paris+100 kg
2019 Ekaterinburg+100 kg
2017 Abu Dhabi+100 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2016 Tbilisi+100 kg
2017 Tashkent+100 kg
2019 Tel Aviv+100 kg
2019 Budapest+100 kg
2020 Tel Aviv+100 kg
2018 Zagreb+100 kg
2011 Amsterdam100 kg
2013 Ulaanbaatar100 kg
2014 Zagreb+100 kg
2015 Düsseldorf+100 kg
Maccabiah Games
2009 Tel Aviv100 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF3278
JudoInside.com58892
Updated on 4 May 2025

Or "Ori" Sasson (Hebrew: אור "אורי" ששון; born 18 August 1990) is a retired Israeli Olympic judoka. He won a bronze medal in the +100 kg category at the 2016 Summer Olympics and another one at the mixed team event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He was the second Israeli to win two Olympic medals.

In June 2015, representing Israel at the 2015 European Games in judo in the +100 kg category in Baku, Azerbaijan, Sasson won a silver medal at the 2015 European Championships which was held during the European Games.