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Mihael Žgank

Personal information

Native name

Mikail Özerler

Nationality

Slovenian
Turkish

Born

1 February 1994 (age 30)
Celje, Slovenia

Occupation

Judoka

Height

1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)

Sport

Country

Slovenia (2009–2017)

Turkey (2018– )

Sport

Judo

Weight class

‍–‍90 kg

Achievements and titles

Olympic Games

5th (2020)

World Champ.

(2017)

European Champ.

(2019)

Medal record

Men's judo

Representing Turkey
European Games
	2019 Minsk	‍–‍90 kg
European Championships
	2023 Montpellier	‍–‍90 kg
World Masters
	2019 Qingdao	‍–‍90 kg
IJF Grand Slam
	2024 Paris	‍–‍90 kg
	2019 Brasilia	‍–‍90 kg
	2022 Paris	‍–‍90 kg
	2022 Tel Aviv	‍–‍90 kg
	2023 Baku	‍–‍90 kg
	2024 Antalya	‍–‍90 kg
IJF Grand Prix
	2019 Antalya	‍–‍90 kg
	2024 Odivelas	‍–‍90 kg
	2020 Tel Aviv	‍–‍90 kg
	2023 Zagreb	‍–‍90 kg
	2019 Perth	‍–‍90 kg
Mediterranean Games
	2022 Oran	‍–‍90 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
	2021 Konya	‍–‍90 kg
Representing Slovenia
World Championships
	2017 Budapest	‍–‍90 kg
World Masters
	2016 Guadalajara	‍–‍90 kg
IJF Grand Slam
	2017 Paris	‍–‍90 kg
IJF Grand Prix
	2016 Budapest	‍–‍90 kg
	2015 Tashkent	‍–‍90 kg
	2016 Almaty	‍–‍90 kg
	2017 Düsseldorf	‍–‍90 kg
European U23 Championships
	2014 Wrocław	‍–‍90 kg
European Junior Championships
	2011 Lommel	‍–‍90 kg
	2012 Poreč	‍–‍90 kg

Profile at external databases

IJF

9361, 48433

JudoInside.com

65690

Updated on 31 March 2024

Mihael Žgank (Turkish: Mikail Özerler; born 1 February 1994) is a Slovenian-born Turkish judoka.^[1]

Career

Žgank competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's 90 kg, where he lost to Aleksandar Kukolj of Serbia in the round of 32.^[2]

At the 2017 World Judo Championships in Budapest, Žgank won the silver medal.^[3]

Later, Žgank switched nationality from Slovenia to Turkey due to financial reasons.^[4] He participated at the 2018 World Judo Championships in Baku under his new Turkish name Mikail Özerler.^[5]

He won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Paris held in Paris, France. He also won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel.^[6]