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Joshua Katz (born 29 December 1997) is an Australian Olympic judoka, who competes at −60 kg. He has won 11 Oceania titles and 12 Australian titles as of February 2024. He also won the 2022 Commonwealth Games bronze medal and the 2023 Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships silver medal.

Josh Katz
Personal information
NicknameKatzy[1]
Born (1997-12-29) 29 December 1997 (age 26)
Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Alma mater
OccupationJudoka
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Websitewww.teamkatz.com.au Edit this at Wikidata
Sport
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍60 kg
ClubBudokan Judo Club
Coached byNathan Katz
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR32 (2016, 2024)
World Champ.R16 (2019)
OJU Champ.Gold (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
(2023)
Commonwealth GamesBronze (2022)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Australia
Pan American-Oceania Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Calgary ‍–‍60 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Lima ‍–‍60 kg
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Nouvelle ‍–‍60 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Canberra ‍–‍60 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Nukuʻalofa ‍–‍60 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Nouméa ‍–‍60 kg
Oceania Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Cairns ‍–‍55 kg
Gold medal – first place 2013 Apia ‍–‍55 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Auckland ‍–‍60 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Nouvelle ‍–‍60 kg
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham ‍–‍60 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF12339
JudoInside.com20803
Updated on 27 July 2024

Early and personal life

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Katz was born on 29 December 1997[2] in Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia, to a Jewish family.[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 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 older brother, Nathan Katz, also competed for Australia in judo at the Rio Olympics.[10] The two brothers have been training partners since they were children.[3]

His high school was William Clarke College, in Kellyville.[4] Katz studied sports and exercise science and sports management at the University of Canberra and has attended La Trobe University, studying for a Bachelor of Exercise Science.[11][12][13] He also lived in Northmead, New South Wales, and moved to Melbourne in 2022 to train at the newly opened national training centre.[14][15] He is 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) tall and weighs 60 kg (132 lb).[16]

Judo career

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Katz's judo club is the Budokan Judo Club, in Castle Hill, New South Wales, and his coach is his brother Nathan Katz.[4][17] He had won 11 Oceania titles and 12 Australian titles as of February 2024.[17] He also won the 2022 Commonwealth Games bronze medal and the 2023 Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships silver medal.[17]

Early years; National and Oceania championships

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Katz won the 2013 and 2014 Australian junior national judo championships and the 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022 Australian National Judo Championships.[4] He also won the 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 Junior Oceania Judo Championships.[4] He won the 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 senior Oceania Judo Championships.[4][2] He also was named the 2010 New South Wales Junior Boy of the Year and received the 2010 Hills Shire Times Young Achiever Award.[15]

2016 Rio Olympics

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Katz competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the men's 60 kg event at 18 years of age, months after he finished high school.[18] He was eliminated in the second round by Diyorbek Urozboev of Uzbekistan, who went on to win the bronze medal, and came in 17th in the tournament.[16][4][19][20] He was Australia’s youngest-ever male judoka to compete at an Olympic Games, and was also the youngest judoka from any nation at those Games.[11][4][17] He and his brother Nathan became the first brothers to compete in judo for Australia at the same Olympic Games.[4][17] Competing at Rio, Katz suffered torn shoulder ligaments.[21]

2017–23

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Katz won the 2017 Canberra Junior ACT Cup.[22] He won the gold medal in the 2018 Perth Oceania Open, won a silver medal in the 2018 Hong Kong Asian Open, and won a bronze medal in the 2018 Malaga Senior European Cup.[22]

In 2021, Katz did not make the Australian Olympic team for the Tokyo Olympic Games, because he was injured.[23][24] He then broke his leg in September 2022, and also had shoulder surgery in 2022.[23][25]

Competing in judo at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the men's 60 kg in Birmingham, England, in August, he won a bronze medal, after not having competed for six months due to injuries.[4][26] In 2022 he also won the Australian national championship, a bronze medal at the European Open in February in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; a silver medal at the European Open in February in Warsaw, Poland, and a bronze medal at the 2022 Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships in April in Lima, Peru.[4][22] In November 2022, in a competition he suffered elbow ligament and tendon damage, necessitating surgery, and ending his season.[27]

Katz had a second shoulder surgery in March 2023.[23][25] In September 2023, competing in the 2023 Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships in Calgary, Canada, he won a silver medal.[22][4]

2024–present; Paris Olympics

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In January 2024, Katz suffered a completely ruptured ACL in his knee.[25][23][28]

At the April 2024 Pan American and Oceania Championships he returned to competition, and came in fifth.[4][25] On 8 June 2024, winning a silver medal at the 2024 Abidjan African Open in the Ivory Coast, he qualified for the 2024 Olympics.[25][24][22]

In July 2024 he competed again in the 2024 Paris Olympics at Men's 60 kg and was defeated in the first round, 1–0.[4][22]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Australian Olympic Committee: Josh Katz". Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Josh Katz". Commonwealth Games Australia. 11 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b Kestenbaum, Sam (12 July 2016). "2 Jewish Brothers Have 'Judo in Their Blood' — and They're Headed to Olympics". The Forward.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Josh Katz". olympics.com.au.
  5. ^ "Kerrye Katz". Judo Inside.
  6. ^ "Kerrye Katz". Olympedia.org.
  7. ^ Vongxayasy, Air (5 September 2022). "The Katz family has a long lasting judo history". Judo Inside.
  8. ^ "Nathan Katz". Commonwealth Games Australia. 11 May 2022.
  9. ^ Desiatnik, Shane (22 June 2017). "Katz brothers' judo journey". The Australian Jewish News.
  10. ^ Sibthorpe, Clare (29 July 2016). "Australia's youngest judo Olympian Josh Katz among UC athletes taking on Rio". The Canberra Times.
  11. ^ a b "UC student and Olympian Josh Katz ready to take on the world". University of Canberra. 20 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Josh Katz prepares for green and gold return". La Trobe University. 15 June 2022.
  13. ^ Sibthorpe, Clare (28 July 2016). "Australia's youngest judo Olympian Josh Katz among UC athletes taking on Rio". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  14. ^ Crowley, Jo (17 February 2023). "Josh Katz: Celebrating Progress". IJF.
  15. ^ a b "Josh Katz" (PDF). Budokan Judo Club.
  16. ^ a b "Josh Katz". Olympedia.org.
  17. ^ a b c d e "Judo Star Josh Katz Rocks Into Olympic Contention". Hills to Hawkesbury News.
  18. ^ "Josh Katz Olympic Athlete Visit". Terang College. 23 November 2022.
  19. ^ "Joshua Katz". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  20. ^ "Men −60 kg – Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  21. ^ O'Kane, Patrick (28 May 2019). "Katz brothers inspire pupils as part of Olympics Unleashed programme". Inside the Games.
  22. ^ a b c d e f "Josh Katz". International Judo Federation.
  23. ^ a b c d "Josh finds pride through pain in Paris". Olympics.com.au.
  24. ^ a b "Katz out of the bag for judoka's Olympic return". Olympics.com.au.
  25. ^ a b c d e "Experienced Australian Judo team are primed and ready for Paris 2024". Combat Aus. 9 July 2024.
  26. ^ "Bronze for the Katz brothers at the Commonwealth Games". J-Wire. 2 August 2022.
  27. ^ "International Update – Josh Katz". Budokan Judo Club.
  28. ^ "Joshua Katz Paris 2024 Olympic Qualification". Australian Sports Foundation.
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