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Nathan Katz (judoka)
Nathan Katz (born 17 January 1995) is a retired[2] Australian Olympic and five-time national champion judoka, and current judo coach. Early and personal lifeKatz was born in Melbourne, Australia, and is Jewish.[3][4] Katz's mother is former judoka Kerrye Katz who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics, when judo was a demonstration event for women, and came in seventh; she also won the 1985 Oceania Judo Championship in U66k, and 11 Australian national championships.[5][6] His father Robert was a former judoka on the Australian national team and a national judo coach for Australia at both the 1988 Seoul Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics.[7][8][9] His younger brother Josh Katz also competed for Australia in judo at the Rio Olympics; he also competed at the Paris Olympics.[10] The two brothers were training partners since they were children.[3] He graduated from William Clarke College.[11] Judo careerKatz was a 2x Cadet Australian National Champion, and a 5x Australian National Champion.[4] Katz qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics due to his having been Oceania champion in 2015 and 2016.[10] He was ranked number 1 in the 2015 IJF World Ranking for juniors U66kg.[10] In 2022 he underwent knee surgery.[12] Katz competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 66 kg event, in which he was eliminated in the second round by Imad Bassou.[13][14] Katz started his 2020 Tokyo men's 66 kg event in the round of 32 against Juan Postigos of Peru, winning seconds before golden score with a stunning left-drop seoinage. In the round of 16, He fought Baruch Shmailov of Israel who he ended up losing to. Shmailov went on to fight for bronze.[15] He won a bronze medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[10] It was his first competition in six months, as he had been injured.[16] He retired from competition in October 2023.[10] He is now his brother's training partner and coach.[17] References
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