Peter Palchik 
Date of Birth: 01/04/92
Sport: Judo (up to 100 kg)
Association: “Samurai Do” – Rishon LeZion
Coaches: Pavel Musin, Oren Smadja 
Peter Palchik was born on January 4, 1992, in Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine, and immigrated to Israel with his mother at the age of 9 months.
He grew up with his grandparents until the age of 7 in Israel, while and mother, went to the US for work.
Peter was taken to the judo hall for the first time by his grandfather after a doctor determined he needed sports activity due to congenital bone problems.
In 2015, Palchik decided, along with coach Oren Smadja, to move up to the under 100 kg weight category, but due to various injuries, he had his first good results only in 2018.
From that year on, Palchik achieved numerous impressive accomplishments, including medals at The European championships and at prestigious Grand Slam tournaments.
At the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Palchik won a team bronze medal, his first Olympic medal. 
At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Palchik won the individual bronze medal in the under 100 kg weight category. He came to the competition ranked 11th in the world.
In the first round, he won by ippon against Gonchigsuren Batkhuyag from Mongolia. In the round of 16, he defeated the French judoka Aurélien Dias after a very long battle lasting over 9 minutes.
In the quarterfinals, Palchik lost to Azerbaijani Zelim Kotsoev ina wazari.
After winning by ippon against Dutch Michael Korrel, Palchik advanced to the bronze medal match, where he defeated Daniel Eich from Switzerland.
Palchik embraced his coach Oren Smadja in tears after winning the bronze medal. Smadja had lost his son Omer Smadja, may he rest in peace, in the “Iron Swords” war just weeks before the Games in Paris.
At the opening ceremony of the games, Palchik carried the Israeli flag alongside veteran swimmer Andy Morez.
Career achievements:
The Olympic Games
Tokyo 2020 (Mixed Teams Category) – Team Bronze Medal
Paris 2024 (up to 100 kg) – Bronze Medal
World Championships
Tashkent 2022 (Mixed Teams category) – Bronze Medal
2023 Postponed (up to 100 kg) – Bronze Medal
European Championships
Tel Aviv 2018 – Bronze Medal
Prague 2020 – Gold Medal
Grand Slam tournaments
2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam – Gold Medal
2020 Paris Grand Slam – Gold Medal
2021 Grand Slam – Bronze Medal
2022 Paris Grand Slam – Bronze Medal
2022 – Tel Aviv Grand Slam – Bronze Medal
2022 Ulaanbaatar Grand Slam – Bronze Medal
2023 Paris Grand Slam – Bronze Medal
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