About Urška Žolnir
Born 1981. Urška Žolnir is a Slovenian judoka.
Urška Žolnir (born 9 October 1981) is a Slovenian politician and a retired judoka. She is a member of Judo Club Sankaku Celje.
She won the bronze medal in the half-middleweight (–63 kg) 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 2008 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations.
She is a candidate for the Slovenian National Assembly under the Party Povežimo Slovenijo.
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Who is Urška Žolnir?
Slovenian judoka
When was Urška Žolnir born?
Urška Žolnir was born on 9 October 1981 in Celje.
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Urška Žolnir is a judoka.
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Urška Žolnir is Slovenian.
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