Raz Hershko

Her uncle is former Israeli-born judoka and current manager of the Israel women's national judo team Shani Hershko.

She trains at the Wingate Institute in Netanya, Israel. She is openly lesbian.[4]

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]

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]

• 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