{"id":3111,"date":"2016-12-20T00:39:10","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T00:39:10","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-12-20T00:39:10","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T00:39:10","slug":"uae-wins-first-olympic-medal-in-12-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/lifestyle\/sports\/uae-wins-first-olympic-medal-in-12-years\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE Wins First Olympic Medal In 12 Years!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When\u00a0Sergiu Toma pinned down Italian\u00a0Matteo Marconcini to win bronze media in the Mens Judo under\u00a081kg\u00a0contest in Rio, he became\u00a0only the second ever winner of an\u00a0Olympic medal for the UAE.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Who is Sergiu Toma<\/h3>\n

Sergiu Toma<\/strong>\u00a0(29) is a Moldovan born-Emirati judoka.\u00a0He competed in the\u00a0men’s 81 kg\u00a0event at the\u00a02012 Summer Olympics, reaching\u00a0the third round.[<\/a>\u00a0<\/sup>At the 2008 Olympics, he competed in the men’s lightweight (-73 kg), losing in the first round. This is his 3rd Olmypic games and he secured a bronze medal.\u00a0<\/sup><\/p>\n

A proud fist bump as he knows he has secured the medal<\/h3>\n
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Sergiu Toma takes 81kg judo bronze, winning the UAE just a second Olympic medal in history and first since 2004 pic.twitter.com\/XHTcicXWKd<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Reem Abulleil (@ReemAbulleil) August 9, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The moment Sergiu receives his medal<\/h3>\n
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\u2014 3li???????? (@AD__UAE_) August 9, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The celebratory tweets pour in<\/h3>\n
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Morning all. It was a great night for the #UAE<\/a> as Sergiu Toma won bronze in the 81kg judo division at #Rio2016<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/9JMmN7Jp9l<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 7DAYS Sport (@7DAYSSPORT) August 10, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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#thriftyuae<\/a> Congratulates #toma<\/a> #sergio<\/a> to claims UAE’s second-ever medal #judo<\/a> #uaeteam<\/a> #rio2016<\/a> #uae<\/a> #Bronze<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/X067BSBu8Z<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Thrifty Car Rental (@thriftyuae) August 10, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Sergiu Toma ends UAE’s Olympics medal drought with historic bronze in judo https:\/\/t.co\/MJzi1uN5a0<\/a> #Rio2016<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/7hqmPhoVIk<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Reem Abulleil (@ReemAbulleil) August 9, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When\u00a0Sergiu Toma pinned down Italian\u00a0Matteo Marconcini to win bronze media in the Mens Judo under\u00a081kg\u00a0contest in Rio, he became\u00a0only the second ever winner of an\u00a0Olympic medal for the UAE.\u00a0 Who is Sergiu Toma Sergiu Toma\u00a0(29) is a Moldovan born-Emirati judoka.\u00a0He competed in the\u00a0men’s 81 kg\u00a0event at the\u00a02012 Summer Olympics, reaching\u00a0the third round.[\u00a0At the 2008 Olympics, … ","protected":false},"author":451,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"acf":{"legacy_image":"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2016\/08\/_relatedEntryImage2x\/Screenshot-2016-08-10-09.03.40.png?mtime=20160810090710","legacy_full_image":"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2016\/08\/_featuredImage\/Screenshot-2016-08-10-09.03.40.png?mtime=20160810090710 880w","legacy_meta_tags":"UAE Wins First Olympic Medal In 12 Years! - Lovin Dubai<\/title><meta name=\"description\" content=\"When Sergiu Toma pinned down Italian Matteo Marconcini to win bronze media in the Mens Judo under 81kg contest in Rio, he became only the second ever winner of an Olympic medal for the UAE. .\">\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/sports\/uae-wins-first-olympic-medal-in-12-years\">\n<!-- <link rel=\"amphtml\" href=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/sports\/uae-wins-first-olympic-medal-in-12-years\/amp\">\n --><meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UAE Wins First Olympic Medal In 12 Years!\">\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\">\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/sports\/uae-wins-first-olympic-medal-in-12-years\">\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\">\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot-2016-08-10-09.03.40.png?mtime=20160810090710\">\n<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1492\">\n<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"842\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"photo\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"lovindubai\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"UAE Wins First Olympic Medal In 12 Years!\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"fitzyrichard\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\" When Sergiu Toma pinned down Italian Matteo Marconcini to win bronze media in the Mens Judo under 81kg contest in Rio, he became only the second ever winner of an Olympic medal for the UAE. .\n\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/sports\/uae-wins-first-olympic-medal-in-12-years\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot-2016-08-10-09.03.40.png?mtime=20160810090710\">\n"},"image_feature":null,"author_name":"Rich","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/451"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}