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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


Iranian Judoka Saeid Mollaei seeks asylum in Germany

The previous world champion is under heavy suspicion that he deliberately lost so as not to fight Israeli Judoka Sagi Muki.

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

Ze’evi: Muki on path to becoming Israel’s greatest judoka

“We finally have our own world champion in blue-and-white,” Muki’s coach said.

SAGI MUKI became the first Israeli male judoka to win a world championships gold medal this week in Tokyo

Egyptian Foreign Ministry: Politics should not be involved in sports

"The refusal of the Egyptian to [Muki's] handshake is nothing but an insult to Egypt's reputation in world sports."

 Israel's Sagi Muki and Belgium's Matthias Casse compete

Israeli judoka Sagi Muki wins gold medal at World Championship

Muki showed impressive fighting abilities in Wednesday's tournament, having beaten most of his opponents by Ippon, including a fight that lasted merely 25 seconds.

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

Iranian Judo champion Saeid Mollaei to compete in Tokyo

The Iranian athlete was said to not to attend the Sunday World Judo Championships in Tokyo as he may compete against Israelis.

Israeli judoka Sagi Muki celebrates with his gold medal after winning the under-81kg event at the European Judo Championships in Tel Aviv

Israelis shine on grass, mat, track and water

Soccer clubs kick off qualifying • Judoka Sasson takes gold • Husband, wife qualify for Olympics • Rowers medal

Israeli paralympic basketball player and world champion rower Moran Samuel captured a silver medal at the 2019 World Rowing Cup III in Rotterdam

Iran: We will not compete against Israeli athletes

"Refraining from participating in competitions with athletes of the Zionist regime is an issue of the Muslim world, and athletes from 20 countries refrain from doing so."

Israeli judoka Sagi Muki

Judo Federation says Iran promises to stop boycotting Israeli athletes

“In a historic breakthrough, the International Judo Federation announced that for Iran’s judo athletes the boycotts would be no more.”

 ISRAELI JUDOKAS, such as Tal Flicker (above), have often been treated with hostility when competing in Arab nations, a practice that the International Judo Federation is trying to curb.

Iran to compete with Israeli judokas in future competitions

Iran has avoided competing with Israeli athletes in past Judo competitions, including an incident in February when an Iranian judoka lost purposely to avoid competing with and Israeli.

Israeli judoka Sagi Muki celebrates with his gold medal after winning the under-81kg event at the European Judo Championships in Tel Aviv

Sagi Muki wins judo gold medal at Baku Grand Slam

Israeli Judoka Sagi Muki will return to Ben-Gurion Airport today with the blue-and-white delegation in the hope of finally departing for Abu Dhabi, where they are set to compete in the Grand Slam event that starts on Thursday.