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Nemanja Majdov (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Мајдов; born 10 August 1996) is a Serbian judoka.
Biography
He 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.
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.
Majdov appeared on the Together We Can Do Everything ballot list for the 2022 general election, as an independent candidate.
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.
Honours
Young Athlete of The Year by the Serbian Olympic Committee: 2014
References
External links
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