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Golan Pollack

Golan Pollack
גולן פולק
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Born (1991-09-10) September 10, 1991 (age 25)
Yehud, Israel
Native name גולן פולק
Nationality Israeli
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 66 kg /146 lb
Style Judo
Golan Pollack
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Israel
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Tel Aviv –66 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Astana –66 kg

Golan Pollack (Hebrew: גולן פולק‎‎; born 10 September 1991 in Yehud, Israel) is an Israeli Olympic judoka. He competes in the half lightweight (under 66 kg) weight category.

Pollack won the bronze medal in the 2015 World Judo Championships . He represented Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He is 1.75 m /5' 9" tall, and weighs 66 kg /146 lbs.

Pollack won a gold medal at the 2009 Maccabiah Games in the 66 kg division.

At the 2011 World Judo Championships – Men's 66 kg, Pollack reached the quarterfinals, where he was defeated by Miklós Ungvári of Hungary. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he lost in the first round to David Larose of France.

Pollack won the European Open in Sofia in 2014. On December 5, 2014 Pollack won a silver medal at the Grand Slam Tokyo.

On August 25, 2015 Pollack won the bronze medal in the 2015 World Judo Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan after defeating Davaadorjiin Tömörkhüleg of Mongolia. During that day he also beat Georgii Zantaraia of Ukraine, ranked number one in the world. He became the sixth Israeli to win a medal at the World Judo Championships, joining Yael Arad (1991, bronze; 1993, silver), Oren Smadja (1995, silver), Arik Zeevi (2001, silver), Alice Schlesinger (2009, bronze), and Yarden Gerbi (2013, gold; 2014, silver).


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