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Nathan Katz
Personal information
Born (1995-01-17) 17 January 1995 (age 29)
Victoria, Australia[1]
OccupationJudoka
Websitewww.teamkatz.com.au Edit this at Wikidata
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportJudo
Weight class–66 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR16 (2020)
World Champ.R32 (2017, 2021)
OJU Champ.Gold (2015, 2016, 2017)
Commonwealth GamesBronze (2022)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Australia
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Nouvelle –66 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Canberra –66 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Nukuʻalofa –66 kg
Oceania Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Auckland –66 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Nouvelle –66 kg
Silver medal – second place 2010 Canberra –55 kg
Silver medal – second place 2011 Papeete –60 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Cairns –66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Apia –66 kg
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham –66 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF7602
JudoInside.com67682
Updated on 31 January 2023

Nathan Katz (born 17 January 1995) is an Australian judoka. He 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.[2][3]

His mother is former judoka Kerrye Katz who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics, when judo was a demonstration event.[4] His younger brother Josh Katz also competed for Australia in judo at the Rio Olympics.

Nathan is a proud member of the Demasi's Soldiers WhatsApp group, citing the camaraderie within this chat as one of the key motivators ahead of his 2020 Tokyo campaign.[5]

Nathan 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.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Nathan Katz".
  2. ^ "Nathan Katz". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 1 September 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Men -66 kg - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Olympedia – Kerrye Katz". www.olympedia.org.
  5. ^ Sibthorpe, Clare (29 July 2016). "Australia's youngest judo Olympian Josh Katz among UC athletes taking on Rio".
  6. ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 12 April 2022.


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