Urška Žolnir

Urška Žolnir
Personal information
Born (1981-10-09) 9 October 1981
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountrySlovenia
SportJudo
Weight class–63 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games (2012)
World Champ. (2005, 2011)
European Champ. (2009)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Slovenia
Olympic Games
2012 London63 kg
2004 Athens63 kg
World Championships
2005 Cairo63 kg
2011 Paris63 kg
European Championships
2009 Tbilisi63 kg
2007 Belgrade63 kg
2008 Lisbon63 kg
2011 Istanbul63 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2008 Tokyo63 kg
2011 Moscow63 kg
2011 Tokyo63 kg
2011 Paris63 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2009 Tunis63 kg
2010 Rotterdam63 kg
2011 Baku63 kg
2010 Tunis63 kg
European Junior Championships
1997 Ljubljana61 kg
1999 Rome63 kg
Mediterranean Games
2009 Pescara63 kg
2005 Almeria63 kg
Military World Games
2003 Catania63 kg
2011 Rio de Janeiro63 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF268
JudoInside.com3426
Updated on 28 May 2023

Urška Žolnir (born 9 October 1981) is a Slovenian politician and a retired judoka. She is a member of Judo Club Sankaku Celje.

She won the bronze medal in the half-middleweight (–63 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics and gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in the same division. That makes her the most successful Slovenian judoka of all time.

She was the Slovenian flagbearer at the 2008 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations.

She is a candidate for the Slovenian National Assembly under the Party Povežimo Slovenijo.