Akil Gjakova

Kosovan judoka (born 1996)

Akil Gjakova

Akil Gjakova (white) participates in the Austrian Ersten Judo-Bundesliga 2021

Personal information
Nationality| Kosovan
Born|  (1996-01-04) 4 January 1996 (age 29)
Peja, FR Yugoslavia
(now Kosovo)
Occupation| Judoka
Height| 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight| 73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country|  Kosovo
Sport| Judo
Weight class| ‍-‍73 kg
Rank|  1st dan black belt[1]
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games| 5th (2024)
World Champ.| R16 (2018, 2023, 2025)
European Champ.|  (2021)

Medal record

Men's judo
Representing  Kosovo
European Championships
| 2021 Lisbon | ‍-‍73 kg
| 2023 Montpellier | ‍-‍73 kg
European Championships Open
| 2023 Pristina | ‍-‍73 kg
IJF Grand Slam
| 2018 Paris | ‍-‍73 kg
| 2018 Abu Dhabi | ‍-‍73 kg
| 2023 Abu Dhabi | ‍-‍73 kg
| 2025 Paris | ‍-‍73 kg
| 2024 Paris | ‍-‍73 kg
IJF Grand Prix
| 2018 Zagreb | ‍-‍73 kg
| 2019 Budapest | ‍-‍73 kg
| 2018 Tunis | ‍-‍73 kg
| 2018 The Hague | ‍-‍73 kg
European U23 Championships
| 2018 Győr | ‍-‍73 kg
| 2017 Podgorica | ‍-‍73 kg
| 2016 Tel Aviv | ‍-‍73 kg
European Cadet Championships
| 2013 Tallinn | ‍-‍66 kg
Mediterranean Games
| 2018 Tarragona | ‍-‍73 kg
| 2022 Oran | ‍-‍73 kg

Profile at external databases
IJF| 7826
JudoInside.com| 89913
Updated on 15 June 2025

Akil Gjakova (born 4 January 1996) is a Kosovo Albanian judoka. He is a gold medalist at the Mediterranean Games and the 2021 European Judo Championships.

## Career

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He won the gold medal in the men's 73 kg event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain.[2]

In 2021, he won the gold medal in the men's 73 kg event at the European Judo Championships held in Lisbon, Portugal.[3][4]

He represented Kosovo at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan and the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus.

## Personal life

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His sister Nora Gjakova is also a judoka and the 2020 Olympics gold medalist in the women's 57 kg judo event [5][6]

## Achievements

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Year | Tournament | Place | Weight class

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2017 | Jeux de la Francophonie | 1st | −73 kg
2018 | Mediterranean Games | 1st | −73 kg
2021 | European Championships | 1st | −73 kg
2023 | European Championships Open | 1st | −73 kg

## References

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1. ^ "Akil GJAKOVA". Europäische Judo-Union. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
2. ^ "Judo Medalists" (PDF). 2018 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
3. ^ Houston, Michael (17 April 2021). "Olympic champion Trstenjak among winners on day two of European Judo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
4. ^ "Judo: le bronze pour Nils Stump aux Européens de Lisbonne". RTS (in French). 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
5. ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
6. ^ "Akil Gjakova wins first male European title for Kosovo". Retrieved 17 April 2023.

## External links

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Media related to Akil Gjakova at Wikimedia Commons

* Akil Gjakova at the European Judo Union
* Akil Gjakova at the International Judo Federation
* Akil Gjakova at JudoInside.com
* Akil Gjakova at AllJudo.net (in French)
* Akil Gjakova at Olympics.com
* Akil Gjakova at Olympedia
* Akil Gjakova at The-Sports.org
* Akil Gjakova on Facebook

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European Judo Championships — Men's Lightweight

1957–65: −68 kg  • 1966–76: −63 kg  • 1977–97: −71 kg  • 1998–present: −73 kg

* 1957:  Koos Bonte
* 1958:  Jacques Pujol
* 1959:  Mladen Masztela
* 1960:  Matthias Schießleder
* 1961:  Claude Mesenburg
* 1962:  Jan Snijders
* 1963:  Ārons Bogoļubovs
* 1964:  Ārons Bogoļubovs
* 1965:  Vladimir Kuspish
* 1966:  Sergey Suslin
* 1967:  Sergey Suslin
* 1968:  Piruz Martkoplishvili
* 1969:  Serge Feist
* 1970:  Jean-Jacques Mounier
* 1971:  Jean-Jacques Mounier
* 1972:  Jean-Jacques Mounier
* 1973:  Sergey Melnichenko
* 1974:  Sergey Melnichenko
* 1975:  Torsten Reißmann
* 1976:  József Tuncsik
* 1977:  Vladimir Nevzorov
* 1978:  Günter Krüger
* 1979:  Neil Adams
* 1980:  Nicolae Vlad
* 1981:  Karl-Heinz Lehmann
* 1982:  Ezio Gamba
* 1983:  Richard Melillo
* 1984:  Tamaz Namgalauri
* 1985:  Tamaz Namgalauri
* 1986:  Bertalan Hajtós
* 1987:  Wiesław Błach
* 1988:  Joaquín Ruiz
* 1989:  Jorma Korhonen
* 1990:  Guido Schumacher
* 1991:  Stefan Dott
* 1992:  Norbert Haimberger
* 1993:  Vladimeri Dgebuadze
* 1994:  Sergei Kosmynin
* 1995:  Martin Schmidt
* 1996:  Danny Kingston
* 1997:  Giorgi Vazagashvili
* 1998:  Giuseppe Maddaloni
* 1999:  Giuseppe Maddaloni
* 2000:  Michel Almeida
* 2001:  Gennadiy Bilodid
* 2002:  Anatoly Laryukov
* 2003:  Gennadiy Bilodid
* 2004:  Kiyoshi Uematsu
* 2005:  Ákos Braun
* 2006:  Elnur Mammadli
* 2007:  Salamu Mezhidov
* 2008:  Dirk Van Tichelt
* 2009:  Volodymyr Soroka
* 2010:  João Pina
* 2011:  João Pina
* 2012:  Ugo Legrand
* 2013:  Rok Drakšič
* 2014:  Dex Elmont
* 2015:  Sagi Muki
* 2016:  Rustam Orujov
* 2017:  Hidayat Heydarov
* 2018:  Ferdinand Karapetian
* 2019:  Tommy Macias
* 2020:  Victor Sterpu
* 2021:  Akil Gjakova
* 2022:  Hidayat Heydarov
* 2023:  Hidayat Heydarov
* 2024:  Hidayat Heydarov
* 2025:  Danil Lavrentev

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