25 Facts About Sagi Muki

Sagi Aharon Muki is an Israeli Olympic and former world champion half-middleweight judoka.

Sagi Muki won gold medals in February 2013 at the European Open in Tbilisi, Georgia, in June 2013 at the European Open Tallinn, and in October 2013 at the European Open Minsk in the under 73 weight class.

Sagi Muki was ranked No 1 in the world in March 2019.

Sagi Muki represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in judo in the men's 81 kg event, and came in ninth, and in the mixed team event, in which Team Israel came in ninth.

Sagi Muki was born and raised in Netanya, Israel, to a family of Mizrahi Jewish descent, and is Jewish.

Sagi Muki's parents are Rahamim and Orit Muki, who were born in Netanya; his grandparents were born in Yemen, and made aliyah.

Sagi Muki served in the Israel Defense Forces as a Sergeant in the Vehicle Division at the Sde Dov airbase.

Sagi Muki is a student at Reichman University, with a double major in Economics and Business Administration, and in the school's hall of fame.

Sagi Muki's club is Maccabi Netanya, and he met future Israeli judoka world champion Yarden Gerbi there when he was four years old.

Sagi Muki won gold medals at the European Open Tallinn in June 2013, and the European Open Minsk in October 2013 in the under 73 weight class.

Sagi Muki defeated Nugzar Tatalashvili of Georgia in the final, throwing him for an ippon twenty-eight seconds prior to the end of their match, and after his victory he pointed with a smile at the Israeli flag on his judogi.

Sagi Muki became the first Israeli men's European Judo Champion since Ariel Ze'evi, who won the championship four times.

Sagi Muki received NIS 40,000 from the Israel Olympic Committee for his achievement, the highest amount of any Israeli athlete, and a monthly stipend of NIS 8,500.

In October, Sagi Muki won a bronze medal in the 2015 Paris Grand Slam after defeating Shuai Sun from China.

On 7 October, Sagi Muki competed at the 2017 Tashkent Grand Prix, his first competition since the 2016 olympics, and won the gold medal.

Sagi Muki went on to defeat Laszlo Csoknyai of Hungary by ippon in the quarter final and Aslan Lappinagov of Russia by shidos in the semi-final.

Sagi Muki won his first 4 matches by ippon and in the semi-final he defeated Mohamed Abdelaal of Egypt by waza-ari.

Sagi Muki represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics, competing at the men's 81 kg weight category.

Sagi Muki won a bronze medal in 2021 World Masters, held in Doha, Qatar.

Sagi Muki won a bronze medal at the 2021 European Championships in Portugal.

Sagi Muki won gold medals at the 2023 Zagreb Grand Prix in Croatia and the 2023 Tel Aviv Grand Slam.

In December 2023, Sagi Muki posted a video in which he spoke about his friendship with Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei, and said:.

Sagi Muki won a bronze medal at the 2024 Tbilisi Grand Slam in Georgia.

Sagi Muki represented Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in judo in the men's 81 kg event, in which he defeated Timo Cavelius of Germany in his first match, lost to ultimate bronze medal winner Lee Joon-hwan of South Korea in his second match, and came in ninth.

Sagi Muki represented Israel in the mixed team event, in which Team Israel came in ninth.