37 Facts About Peter Paltchik

Peter Paltchik then won the gold medal at the 2020 European Championships in Prague.

Peter Paltchik won a bronze medal in the mixed team judo competition in the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Peter Paltchik represented Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in judo in the men's 100 kg event and in the mixed team event, and was the flag bearer for his country, alongside swimmer Andrea Murez.

Peter Paltchik's father died of lung cancer when he was about three months old.

Peter Paltchik's grandfather sent him to practice judo when he was four years old at the "Samurai Club" in Rishon LeZion under the guidance of Pavel Musin.

Peter Paltchik attended the Yigal Alon High School, majoring in communication.

Peter Paltchik served as a logistics soldier at the Tzrifin base of the Israeli Air Force.

Peter Paltchik married his Israeli girlfriend Daniel Youlzary in April 2016, and they have twin boys.

In June 2012, Peter Paltchik underwent a complicated surgery in the right knee following a rupture of the posterior cruciate ligament during routine training.

In January 2014, Peter Paltchik returned to practice as part of the senior Israeli judo team.

In November, in the midst of the race to the 2016 Rio Olympic games, Peter Paltchik took part in the 2015 Qingdao Grand Prix in China, and ripped the ligaments in his shoulder during a fight against the Mongolian Olympic champion, Naidangiin Tuvshinbayar.

Peter Paltchik had to undergo shoulder surgery and a long rehabilitation of 9 months, which resulted in him missing the 2016 Rio Olympics.

At the 2017 European Championship held in Warsaw, Poland, in April, Peter Paltchik reached seventh place.

At the 2017 World Championships held in September in Budapest, Peter Paltchik lost in the round-of-16 to Michael Korrel from the Netherlands who was ranked first in the world.

In October, Peter Paltchik won a bronze medal at the 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam, after defeating Miklos Cirjenics from Hungary.

Two minutes from the start of the fight, Peter Paltchik won a waza-ari, that eventually make him pass the first round.

At that stage, Peter Paltchik overcame Zelym Kotsoiev from Azerbaijan, when a minute and 13 seconds to the end of the fight, he managed to get a waza-ari.

That time in Abu Dhabi was the first time that Israelis were allowed to wear formal Israeli judo suits, and the Israeli national anthem, Hatikvah, was played while Peter Paltchik was standing on the podium.

In February, Peter Paltchik won a bronze medal at the prestigious 2019 Paris Grand Slam.

Peter Paltchik reached the semifinals in which he faced Aaron Wolf from Japan.

Ten seconds after the opening of the match, Peter Paltchik scored a waza-ari, but lost in ippon a minute and 9 seconds before the end of the fight, after the Japanese managed to win.

Peter Paltchik went down to fight for the bronze medal, which he won by beating Croatia's Zlatko Kumric by ippon.

On 17 March, Peter Paltchik competed in the 2019 Ekaterinburg Grand Slam in Russia, and began the second round where he met Mikhail Minchin from Armenia, and won by ippon, obtained 58 seconds from the opening and went up to the quarterfinals.

In July Peter Paltchik won a bronze medal at the 2019 Zagreb Grand Prix by defeating Miklos Cirjenics.

In January Peter Paltchik won the gold medal in 2020 Tel Aviv Grand Prix by defeating Brazilian Leonardo Goncalves.

In February Peter Paltchik won the gold medal at the 2020 Paris Grand Slam by defeating the Georgian Varlam Liparteliani.

At the 2020 European Championships in November, Peter Paltchik became the European Champion, taking the gold medal by defeating the Russian Arman Adamian in the final.

Peter Paltchik won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2021 World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.

Peter Paltchik won a silver medal in the 2021 Tel Aviv Grand Slam in Israel.

Peter Paltchik represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics, competing at the men's 100 kg weight category.

Wolf went on to win the gold medal, while Peter Paltchik, losing to Elnahas, ended the individual competition in 7th place.

Peter Paltchik won a silver medal at the 2022 Paris Grand Slam in France.

Peter Paltchik won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2022 Tel Aviv Grand Slam held in Israel, as well as at the 2022 Ulaanbaatar Grand Slam in Mongolia and the 2022 World Masters in Jerusalem, Israel.

At the 2023 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, Peter Paltchik won a bronze medal.

At the 2024 Astana Grand Slam in Kazakhstan, Peter Paltchik won a bronze medal.

Peter Paltchik represented Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in judo in the men's 100 kg event on 1 August 2024, and in the mixed team event.

Peter Paltchik was chosen as Olympic flagbearer jointly with Andrea Murez; the decision attracted scrutiny on social media amid the Gaza war, after a tweet he had posted, containing a picture of munitions he had signed accompanied by the text "from me to you with pleasure", resurfaced.