| Country: | Austria |
| Weight Class: | 100 kg |
| Rank Ref: | [1] |
| Dan: | 2 |
| Club: | JC Wimpassing |
| Team: | LZ Wels |
| League: | Erste Judo Bundesliga |
| Olympics Rank: | R32 |
| Olympics Year: | 2024 |
| Olympics Weight: | Men's 100 kg |
| Worlds Rank: | R16 |
| Worlds Year: | 2019 |
| Worlds Weight: | Men's 100 kg |
| Worlds Year2: | 2023 |
| Worlds Weight2: | Men's 100 kg |
| Regionals Type: | EU |
| Regionals Rank: | 7 |
| Regionals Year: | 2018 |
| Regionals Weight: | Men's 100 kg |
| Regionals Year2: | 2023 |
| Regionals Weight2: | Men's 100 kg |
| Updated: | 3 August 2024 |
Aaron Fara (born 21 June 1997) is an Austrian judoka.[2] He holds a rank of Nidan.[1]
Fara's home club is the JC Wimpassing. In 2013 he passed the Shodan exam.[3] In 2015 he moved to the Galaxy Judo Tigers in Perchtoldsdorf. The Bad Erlach native completed an apprenticeship as a masseur and attended the vocational school for hair and body care in Vienna.[4] In 2017 he returned to the JC Wimpassing.[5] In September 2016 he won the European Junior Championship title in Málaga.[6]
In October 2021, he became national champion in the adult category in the weight class up to 100 kilograms for the first time, after having been Austrian champion three times as a junior. Fara won his first medal at a Judo World Tour event in October 2018, when he finished third in the Grand Prix Cancún (Mexico).[7] In 2023, he finished second at the Grand Slam Tashkent at the beginning of March, and just under a month later he achieved his first tournament victory at a World Tour event at the Grand Slam in Antalya.[8] At the 2024 Grand Prix Linz, he sustained a meniscus injury.[9] [10]
He will participate in the 2024 Summer Olympics in both the -100 kg weight class and in the mixed team (together with Katharina Tanzer, Lubjana Piovesana, Michaela Polleres, Samuel Gaßner and Wachid Borchashvili).[11]