Raz Hershko

רז הרשקו‎NicknameHershkules NationalityIsraeliBorn (1998-06-19) 19 June 1998 (age 25)OccupationJudokaSportCountry IsraelSportJudoWeight class+78 kgRank     3rd dan black belt^[1]Achievements and titlesOlympic GamesR16 (2020)World Champ. (2023)European Champ. (2024)Highest world ranking1^st[2][3]Profile at external databasesIJF13713JudoInside.com73001 Updated on 27 April 2024.

Raz Hershko (Hebrew: רז הרשקו; born 19 June 1998) is an Israeli judoka.^[4] She competed for Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Early life

Her uncle is Israeli-born former judoka and current Head coach of the Israel women's national judo team Shany Hershko(he).^{[citation needed]}

She trains at the Wingate Institute in Netanya, Israel. She is openly lesbian.^[5]

Career

Hershko competes in the 78 kg and over weight category, and won a gold medal in the 2021 Antalya Grand Slam.^[6][7]

Earlier in her career, Hershko won the 2015 European U18 Judo Championships,^[8][9][10] as well as silver medals at the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival^[11][12] and the 2017 European U23 Championships^{[13][14][15][16]} and a bronze at the 2018 European U23 Championships.^{[17][18][19][20]}

Hershko represents Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics, competing at the women's +78 kg weight category. Hershko won her first match with an ippon against the Saudi Tahani Alqahtani, advancing to the round of 16. There, she met the 2019 world champion – Japan's Akira Sone. Hershko lost to Sone, ending her part in the individual competition.^{[21][22][23][24]}

Hershko won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 Tel Aviv Grand Slam held in Tel Aviv, Israel.^[25]

Titles

Source:^[26][4]

Year	Tournament	Place	Ref.
2019	Grand Prix Montreal		[27][28]
2021	Grand Slam Antalya		[6][7]
	Grand Slam Paris		[29][30][31]
	Grand Slam Baku		[32][33]
	Grand Slam Abu Dhabi		[34][35][36]
2022	Grand Slam Tel Aviv		[37][38][39]
	Grand Slam Antalya		[40][41][42]
	European Championships		[43][44][45]
	Grand Slam Ulaanbaatar		[46][47][48]
	Grand Slam Budapest		[49][50][51]
	Grand Prix Zagreb		[52][53][54]
	World Masters		[55][56][57]
2023	Grand Slam Tel Aviv		[58][59][60]
	Grand Slam Tbilisi		[61][62][63]
	World Championships		[64][65][66]
	Grand Slam Ulaanbaatar		[67][68][69]
	European Championships		[70][71][72]
	Grand Slam Tokyo		[73][74][75]
2024	Grand Slam Paris		[76][77][78]

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