Urška Žolnir

Who is Urška Žolnir?

Urška Žolnir is a Slovenian judoka. She's a member of Judo Club Sankaku Celje. She is the first, and so far only Slovenian female Olympic gold winner.

She won the bronze medal in the half-middleweight 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 Beijing 2008 Olympics.