Tina Trstenjak

Tina Trstenjak
Trstenjak at the 2016 Olympic Games
nation	Slovenia
birthday	August 24, 1990
place of birth	Celje ,  Slovenia
size	162 cm
Weight	63 kg
Career
society	Judo club Z 'dežele Sankaku Celje
Trainer	Marjan Fabjan
status	active
Medal table
Olympic games gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro up to 63 kg World championships bronze 2014 Chelyabinsk up to 63 kg gold 2015 Astana up to 63 kg silver 2017 Budapest up to 63 kg bronze 2018 Baku up to 63 kg  European Games silver 2015 Baku up to 63 kg European championships bronze 2013 Budapest up to 63 kg silver 2014 Pérols up to 63 kg silver 2015 Baku up to 63 kg gold 2016 Kazan up to 63 kg gold 2017 Warsaw up to 63 kg silver 2018 Tel Aviv up to 63 kg

Tina Trstenjak (born August 24, 1990 in Celje ) is a Slovenian judoka and Olympic champion in the weight class up to 63 kilograms.

Athletic career

Trstenjak, who has been competing in the weight class up to 63 kg since the beginning of her career, celebrated her first successes at the European Championships . In 2013 she won the bronze medal, in 2014 she reached the final and ended up in second place. At the 2015 European Games in Baku , which also counted as the European Championship, she won silver again. In 2016 she became European champion in Kazan . In 2014 , she won her first bronze medal at world championships , before becoming world champion the following year . Trstenjak's career peaked at the 2016 Olympic Judo Tournament in Rio de Janeiro when she won the gold medal. For this success she was voted Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year at the end of 2016 .

In 2017 she won the title at the European Championships . In the final of the World Championships in Budapest she was defeated by the French Clarisse Agbegnenou . The following year she also lost to the French in the final of the European Championships . She won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Championships .

Web links

• Tina Trstenjak on Judoinside (English)