Raz Hershko

Raz Hershko
Hershko at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Native name
רז הרשקו
Nickname
Hershkules 
NationalityIsrael
Born (1998-06-19) 19 June 1998
Netanya, Israel
OccupationJudoka
Sport
Country Israel
SportJudo
Weight class+78 kg
Rank     5th dan black belt
Coached byShany Hershko, Miki Tanaka, and Ido Bar
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games (2024)
World Champ. (2023)
European Champ. (2024)
Highest world ranking1st
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Israel
Olympic Games
2024 Paris +78 kg
2020 Tokyo Mixed team
World Championships
2022 Tashkent Mixed team
2023 Doha +78 kg
European Championships
2024 Zagreb +78 kg
2022 Sofia +78 kg
2023 Montpellier +78 kg
2025 Podgorica +78 kg
World Masters
2022 Jerusalem +78 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2021 Antalya +78 kg
2021 Paris +78 kg
2022 Ulaanbaatar +78 kg
2023 Tel Aviv +78 kg
2023 Tbilisi +78 kg
2022 Antalya +78 kg
2023 Ulaanbaatar +78 kg
2021 Baku +78 kg
2021 Abu Dhabi +78 kg
2022 Tel Aviv +78 kg
2022 Budapest +78 kg
2023 Baku +78 kg
2023 Tokyo +78 kg
2024 Paris +78 kg
2025 Paris +78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2022 Zagreb +78 kg
2025 Lima +78 kg
2025 Guadalajara +78 kg
2026 Linz +78 kg
2019 Montreal +78 kg
European U23 Championships
2017 Podgorica +78 kg
2018 Győr +78 kg
European Cadet Championships
2015 Sofia +70 kg
European Youth Olympic Festival
2015 Tbilisi +70 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF13713
JudoInside.com73001
Updated on 9 March 2026

Raz Hershko (Hebrew: רז הרשקו; born 19 June 1998; nicknamed Hershkules) is an Israeli Olympic silver medalist and European champion judoka. She was the 2015 European Cadet Champion, the 2017 European U23 Championships silver medalist, and won a bronze medal in the 2023 World Championships. She competed for Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the mixed team event. She is the 2024 European Champion. Representing Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Hershko won the silver medal in judo in the women's +78 kg, and also competed in the mixed team event, in which Team Israel came in ninth.