Background
Sasson was born in Jerusalem, Israel, and is Jewish.
Sasson was born in Jerusalem, Israel, and is Jewish.
He lives in Netanya, Israel, and studies Business Administration at Ruppin College. Sasson started training in judo when he was eight years old. His coaches are Gill Offer and Oren Smadja, his club is Meitav Jerusalem, and he started competing in 2005.
He has worked with Noam Eyal, a sports psychologist who works for the Olympic Committee of Israel.
In September 2011 he competed in the Judo World Cup in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where Iranian Javad Mahjoub was slated to face him, but refused. He lost to 159 kg (351 lb) Adam Okruashvili of Georgia in the final.