Amel Mekić

Personal information

Born

Height

1.89 m (6 ft 2 ¹⁄₂ in)

Weight

100 kg (220 lb)

Sport

Country

Sport

Judo

Event(s)

100kg

Medal record

Amel Mekić
Medal record
Representing Bosnia and Herzegovina
Men's Judo
European Championships
	2011 Istanbul	-100 kg
Mediterranean Games
	2013 Mersin	-100 kg
	2005 Almeria	-100 kg
	2009 Pescara	-100 kg
Universiade
	2003 Daegu	-100 kg

Amel Mekić (born 21 September 1981) is a retired Bosnian judoka.

He is consistently ranked as one of top sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina, held annually by Nezavisne Novine.

He was part of the Bosnian Olympic team at the 2008 Summer Olympics and at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was the Bosnian flag-bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Place	Weight class
2011	European Judo Championships	1st	Half heavyweight (100 kg)
2007	World Judo Championships	5th	Half heavyweight (100 kg)
2005	European Judo Championships	7th	Half heavyweight (100 kg)
2005	Mediterranean Games	3rd	Half heavyweight (100 kg)
2003	World Judo Championships	5th	Open class
2003	Universiade	3rd	Half heavyweight (100 kg)
2001	World Judo Championships	5th	Middleweight (90 kg)

Olympic Games
Preceded by Nedžad Fazlija	Flagbearer for Bosnia and Herzegovina Beijing 2008 London 2012	Succeeded by Amel Tuka

Bosnian Sportsperson of the Year
Men	2001: Hasan Salihamidžić 2002: Denis Muhović 2003: Lejla Ferhatbegović 2004: Đorđe Paštar 2005: Markica Dodig 2006: Enid Tahirović 2007: Markica Dodig 2008: Memnun Hadžić 2009: Edin Džeko 2010: Nermin Potur 2011: Amel Mekić 2012: Mirza Teletović 2013: Zvjezdan Misimović 2014: Nikola Prce 2015: Amel Tuka 2016: Mirsad Terzić
Women	2007: Arnela Odžaković 2008: Lucia Kimani 2009: Larisa Cerić 2010: Larisa Cerić 2011: Dragana Knežević 2012: Ivana Ninković 2013: Larisa Cerić 2014: Larisa Cerić 2015: Aleksandra Samardžić 2016: Ivona Ćavar
Team	2001 FK Željezničar Sarajevo 2002: Chess club Bosna 2003: Men's national karate team 2004: HRK Izviđač 2005: HRK Izviđač 2006: RK Bosna Sarajevo 2007: RK Bosna Sarajevo 2008: RK Bosna Sarajevo 2009: Men's national football team 2010: Men's national karate team 2011: Men's national football team 2012: Men's national basketball team 2013: Men's national football team 2014: Men's national handball team 2015: Men's national U16 basketball team 2016: Davis Cup team
Coach	2001: Suad Ćupina 2002: Amar Osim 2003: Blaž Slišković 2004: Mensur Bajramović 2005: Mensur Bajramović 2006: Halid Demirović 2007: Zoran Mikeš 2008: Almedin Fetahović 2009: Miroslav Blažević 2010: Suad Ćupina 2011: Branimir Crnogorac 2012: Aleksandar Petrović 2013: Safet Sušić 2014: Dragan Marković 2015: Josip Pandža 2016: Samira Hurem

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