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Israel's Olympics judo bronze medalist auctioning equipment to fund ZAKA PTSD treatments

The auction has a minimum bid of $50,000, and Paltchik announced he would personally call the winner to thank them.

 Peter Paltchik (inset) had gotten Israel on the Paris medal board earlier with a bronze in the -100kg category.
Israeli Judoka and Olympic medalist Peter Paltchik.

Israeli Olympic medalist Peter Paltchik on failure, pain, comeback, ahead of Jerusalem Marathon

IN THE world rankings published this week, 18-year-old Israeli judoka Izhak Ashpiz was No. 14 in the under-60 kg weight class.

Prince of Tbilisi: Teen Izhak Ashpiz’s impressively stoic rise to Israeli judo royalty

ISRAELI JUDOKA Raz Hershko didn’t compete yesterday at the Tashkent Grand Slam in Uzbekistan after the Shin Bet directed the team to leave the country.

Security directive forces Israeli judo team to withdraw from Tashkent Grand Slam


On this day: Yael Arad wins first silver medal for Israel in 1992 Olympics

29 years ago today, Yael Arad became the first Israeli to win an Olympic medal, winning a silver in the half-middleweight class in judo.

Former Israeli judoka Yael Arad (R) poses for a picture ouside the 43rd memorial service to the eleven Israeli Olympic team members, who were taken hostage and was murdered at the Munich Olympics in 1972 in Tel Aviv on September 9, 2015.

Both Israeli judokas lose in their respective games at Tokyo Olympics

"Maybe I should have believed in myself more," Sasson said, reflecting on his loss.

ORI SASSON was the last Israeli to win a medal at Olympics, capturing the bronze in the judo men's heavyweight competition at the 2016 Games in Rio

Olympics: Tough day for Israeli Olympians in Tokyo

Judo medal hopeful Muki ousted early • Mollaei takes silver, thanks Israel • Close misses for Gorbenko

SHAMIL BORCHASHVILI of Austria (in blue) celebrates after beating Israeli judoka Sagi Muki (in white) in their round-of-16 matchup yesterday at the Tokyo Olympics.

Tokyo 2020: Iranian refugee thanks Israel after winning silver

"Thank you to Israel for all the good energy – this medal is dedicated to you as well and I hope Israelis is happy with this victory, todah," he said.

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Judo - Men's 81kg - Medal Ceremony - Nippon Budokan - Tokyo, Japan - July 27, 2021. Silver medallist Saeid Mollaei of Mongolia wears his medal.

Tokyo 2020: Team Israel Judoka Sagi Muki loses quarterfinal match

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke to the 25-year-old athlete after his elimination and called him "a great pride" for Israel.

Israel's Sagi Muki poses with his gold medal on the podium at the World Judo Championships, 2019.

Israel’s Gorbenko into 2 swimming finals

Nelson-Levy, Butbul fall in judo • Muki ready to take to the mat • Sagiv brothers impress in triathlon

Anastasia Gorbenko competes yesterday in the 200m Individual Medley heats, from which she advanced to this morning’s final

Algerian Olympian suspended, sent home for refusing to face Israeli Judoka

Judoka Fethi Nourine and his coach Amar Benikhlef annouced their withdrawal from the Olympic competition to avoid meeting an Israeli athlete during the event.

Israeli judoka Tohar Butbul (in white).

Israel's judokas to take center stage at 2020 Tokyo Olympics

The Tokyo Olympics will also host the first Judo team event in which Israel's men’s and women’s teams will participate.

Israeli judoka attempts to ippon her opponent.

How Israel became a judo powerhouse - opinion

Much of the fascination of many judo fans in Israel stems from their national pride and love of success rather than a genuine appreciation of the sport, people familiar with the field say.

Judo - World Judo Championships - Men's Under 81 kg - Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - August 28, 2019 - Israel's Sagi Muki and Kyrgyzstan's Vladimir Zoloev compete

Iran banned from international Judo till Sept 2023 over Israel

Iran has already been under indefinite suspension since September 18, 2019, a move that was overturned in March by the Court of Arbitration for Sports located in Switzerland.

Judo - World Judo Championships - Men's Under 81 kg - Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - August 28, 2019 - Israel's Sagi Muki and Kyrgyzstan's Vladimir Zoloev compete