Dejan Vukčević

Dejan Vukčević

Personal information
Native name	Дејан Вукчевић
National team	Montenegro (since 2007) Serbia and Montenegro (till 2007)
Born	(1982-12-09) December 9, 1982 (age 42)
Sport
Sport	Fighting ju-jitsu, judo
Weight class	+94 kg
Club	DK Zeta Podgorica
Coached by	Miloš Ašanin
Medal record Men's sport ju-jitsu Representing  Montenegro World Games 2017 Wroclaw Fighting +94 kg World Championships 2012 Vienna Fighting +94 kg 2015 Bangkok Fighting +94 kg 2016 Wroclaw Fighting +94 kg 2017 Bogota Fighting +94 kg 2018 Malmö Fighting +94 kg 2019 Abu Dhabi Fighting +94 kg European Championships 2013 Walldorf Fighting +94 kg 2015 Almere Fighting +94 kg 2017 Banja Luka Fighting +94 kg 2018 Gliwice Fighting +94 kg 2019 Bucharest Fighting +94 kg
Updated on 30 November 2019

Dejan Vukčević (Serbian: Дејан Вукчевић, born 9 December 1982) is a Montenegrin martial artist who represents his native country Montenegro in sport jujitsu and at the amateur level in judo.

He is by profession a member of a Special Anti-terrorist Unit.[1][2] On 11 December 2018, upon winning the 2018 World Seniors Championship in Malmo, Sweden, he was awarded the gold medal by the then sports minister Nikola Janović.[3]

Nicknamed Golijat[4] for his huge frame, he began with judo as a child. However, he has never reached the highest international level in this Olympic sport.[5]

In 2009, his home city Podgorica hosted the European championships in sport jujitsu, and he was part of the Montenegrin ju-jitsu team for the first time at age 27. Under coach Miloš Ašanin he soon became one of the best jutsukas in the heavyweight category.[6]

He is a three-time individual world champion – 2015, 2017, and 2018 in discipline fighting system, +94 kg weight category.

References

1. "Sports Minister Janović hosts Dejan Vukčević, gold medal winner at 2018 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship". www.gov.me.
2. "Veljović: Ponosni na pripadnika SAJ-a, svjetskog prvaka u džiu džicu". November 28, 2018.
3. "Sports Minister Janović hosts Dejan Vukčević, gold medal winner at 2018 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship". www.gov.me. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
4. "KAKVA NOĆ – VUKČEVIĆ SVJETSKI ŠAMPION, VUKOTIĆ – DRAGUTINOVIĆ SREBRNI U "KLASIKU"". November 26, 2017.
5. "Dejan Vukcevic, Judoka, JudoInside". www.judoinside.com.
6. "Детаљи". www.odbrana.gov.me.^[permanent dead link‍]