Israel’s Oren Smadja won Olympic medals as a judoka athlete in 1992 (bronze) and a judoka coach in 2016 (Ori Sasson’s bronze). In 1995, Smadja won a silver medal at the World Championships. Smadja, of Tunisian Jewish descent, was 12 years old when he won a gold at the first Israel Judo Championship. He was named Israel’s sportsman of the year in 1995 and coach of the year in 2015 and 2016.
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