Raz Hershko is an Israeli Olympic silver medalist and European champion judoka.
32 Facts About Raz Hershko
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Raz Hershko was the 2015 European Cadet Champion, the 2017 European U23 Championships silver medalist, and won a bronze medal in the 2023 World Championships.
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Raz Hershko's uncle is Israeli-born former judoka and current Head Coach of the Israel women's national judo team Shany Hershko, and when she was four years old she joined the judo club he had founded.
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Raz Hershko is coached by Shany Hershko, Miki Tanaka, and Ido Bar.
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Raz Hershko won the silver medal in the 2014 European Cup U21 Coimbra, and bronze medals in the 2014 European Cup U21 Thessaloniki and the 2014 European Cup U21 La Coruna.
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Raz Hershko won the gold medal in the 2014 Israeli U18 Championships in Ra'anana.
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Raz Hershko won silver medals at the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, the 2015 European Cup U21 La Coruna, and the 2015 European Cup Cadets Fuengirola.
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Raz Hershko won the silver medal in the 2015 Israeli Championships in Ra'anana.
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Raz Hershko won a bronze medal at the 2016 European Cup U21 La Coruna.
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Raz Hershko won the gold medal at the 2016 Israeli U21 Championships in Ra'anana.
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Raz Hershko won a silver medal at the 2017 European U23 Championships in Podgorica, Montenegro, and a bronze at the 2018 European U23 Championships in Gyor, Hungary.
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Raz Hershko won the gold medal in the 2018 European Cup Malaga, Spain.
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Raz Hershko won the silver medal in the 2017 Israeli Championships in Ra'anana.
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At the 2019 Montreal Grand Prix in Canada, Raz Hershko won a silver medal, and at the 2019 European Open Cluj Napoca in Romania she won a bronze medal.
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Raz Hershko won the gold medal in the 2019 Israeli Championships in Tel Aviv.
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Raz Hershko represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021, competing at the women's +78 kg weight category.
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Raz Hershko won her first match with an ippon against the Saudi Tahani Alqahtani in 42 seconds, advancing to the round of 16.
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Raz Hershko lost to Sone, ending her part in the individual competition.
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Raz Hershko won an Olympic bronze medal in the mixed team.
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Raz Hershko won the gold medals at the 2021 Antalya Grand Slam in Turkey and the 2021 Paris Grand Slam in France.
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Raz Hershko won bronze medals at the 2021 Baku Grand Slam and the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam.
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Raz Hershko won the silver medal at the 2022 European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Raz Hershko won gold medals at the 2022 Ulaanbaatar Grand Slam in Mongolia and the 2022 Zagreb Grand Prix in Croatia.
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Raz Hershko won a silver medal at the 2022 Antalya Grand Slam in Turkey, and bronze medals at the 2022 World Masters in Jerusalem, Israel, the 2022 Tel Aviv Grand Slam in Israel, and the 2022 Budapest Grand Slam in Hungary.
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Raz Hershko won a bronze medal at the 2023 World Championships in Doha, Qatar.
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Raz Hershko won the silver medal at the 2023 European Championships in Montpellier, France.
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Raz Hershko won gold medals at the 2023 Tel Aviv Grand Slam in Israel and the 2023 Tbilisi Grand Slam in Georgia, a silver medal at the 2023 Ulaanbaatar Grand Slam in Mongolia, and bronze medals at the 2023 Baku Grand Slam and the 2023 Tokyo Grand Slam.
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Raz Hershko won the gold medal in the 2023 Israeli Championships.
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Raz Hershko won the gold medal at the 2024 European Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.
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Raz Hershko won a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Grand Slam in France.
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Raz Hershko defeated Marit Kamps of the Netherlands, Milica Zabic of Serbia, former two-time European champion Kayra Ozdemir of Turkey, and then lost in the final to five-time Pan American champion Beatriz Souza of Brazil.
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Raz Hershko competed in the mixed team event, in which Team Israel came in ninth.