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Raz Hershko (Hebrew: רז הרשקו; born 19 June 1998) is an Israeli judoka.[3] She competed for Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Raz Hershko

Personal information
Native name	רז הרשקו‎
Nickname(s)	Hershkules
Nationality	Israeli
Born	(1998-06-19) 19 June 1998 (age 24)
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Country	Israel
Sport	Judo
Weight class	+78 kg
Rank	Black belt in Judo
Achievements and titles
World Champ.	5th (2022)
European Champ.	(2022)
Olympic Games	R16 (2020)
Highest world ranking	1st[1][2]
Medal record Women's judo Representing  Israel Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Mixed team World Championships 2022 Tashkent Mixed team European Championships 2022 Sofia +78 kg IJF Grand Slam 2021 Antalya +78 kg 2021 Paris +78 kg 2022 Ulaanbaatar +78 kg 2022 Antalya +78 kg 2021 Baku +78 kg 2021 Abu Dhabi +78 kg 2022 Tel Aviv +78 kg 2022 Budapest +78 kg IJF Grand Prix 2022 Zagreb +78 kg 2019 Montreal +78 kg European U23 Championships 2017 Podgorica +78 kg 2018 Győr +78 kg European Cadet Championships 2015 Sofia +70 kg European Youth Olympic Festival 2015 Tbilisi +70 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	13713
JudoInside.com	73001
Updated on 13 October 2022.

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.[4]

Career

Hershko competes in the 78 kg and over weight category, and won a gold medal in the 2021 Antalya Grand Slam.[5][6]

Earlier in her career, Hershko won the 2015 European U18 Judo Championships,[7][8][9] as well as silver medals at the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival[10][11] and the 2017 European U23 Championships[12][13][14][15] and a bronze at the 2018 European U23 Championships.[16][17][18][19]

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.[20][21][22][23]

She won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel.[24]

Titles

Source:[25][3]

Year	Tournament	Place	Ref.
2019	Grand Prix Montreal		[26][27]
2021	Grand Slam Antalya		[5][6]
	Grand Slam Paris		[28][29][30]
	Grand Slam Baku		[31][32]
	Grand Slam Abu Dhabi		[33][34][35]
2022	Grand Slam Tel Aviv		[36][37][38]
	Grand Slam Antalya		[39][40][41]
	European Championships		[42][43][44]
	Grand Slam Ulaanbaatar		[45][46][47]
	Grand Slam Budapest		[48][49][50]
	Grand Prix Zagreb		[51][52][53]

References

External links

• Raz Hershko at the International Judo Federation
• Raz Hershko at JudoInside.com
• Raz Hershko at AllJudo.net (in French)
• Raz Hershko at Olympics.com
• Raz Hershko at Olympedia
• Raz Hershko at the Olympic Committee of Israel (in Hebrew)
• Raz Hershko at The-Sports.org
• Raz Hershko at the European Judo Union
• Raz Hershko on Facebook

На других языках

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- [en] Raz Hershko

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[ru] Гершко, Раз

Раз Гершко (ивр. ‏רז הרשקו‏‎; род. 19 июня 1998, Нетания) — израильская дзюдоистка. Серебряный призёр чемпионата Европы, обладательница бронзовой медали летних Олимпийских игр 2020 года в Токио.

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