{{Short description|Israeli judoka (born 1992)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox judoka | name = Peter Paltchik | image = Peter Paltchik (ISR).jpg | caption = Paltchik in 2019 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|1|4|df=y}} | birth_place = Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine | native_name = {{lang|he|פיטר פלצ׳יק}} | native_name_lang = heb | nationality = Israeli | height = 1.90 m | website = {{official website}}<!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> <!-- Sport --> | country = {{ISR}} | weight_class = {{nbnd}}100 kg | rank = | rank_ref = <ref name="rank">{{cite web |title=Association board meeting protocol 31/12/2024 |url=https://www.ija.org.il/html5/web/11009/42507ImageFile3.pdf |website=Israel Judo Association |access-date=4 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250504093236/https://www.ija.org.il/html5/web/11009/42507ImageFile3.pdf |archive-date=4 May 2025 |date=4 May 2025 |language=he}}</ref> | dan = 5 | retired = 10 November 2025<ref name="Retired y">{{cite news |last1=Ifargan |first1=Stav |title=Watch the live broadcast: Peter Paltchik announces retirement from judo |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/sport/article/tjz895spu |access-date=10 November 2025 |work=Ynet sport |date=10 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251110110035/https://www.ynet.co.il/sport/article/tjz895spu |archive-date=10 November 2025 |language=he}}</ref><ref name="Retired 5">{{cite news |last1=Feldberg |first1=Rotem |title=Peter Paltchik: "The fire isn't out, but in my eyes it is right to retire on top" |url=https://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=4169&docID=524451 |access-date=10 November 2025 |work=Sports Channel (Israel) |date=10 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251110110436/https://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=4169&docID=524451 |archive-date=10 November 2025 |language=he}}</ref> <!-- Achievements and titles --> | olympics_rank = 3 | olympics_year = 2024 | olympics_weight = Men's 100 kg | worlds_rank = 3 | worlds_year = 2023 | worlds_weight = Men's 100 kg | regionals_type = EU | regionals_rank = 1 | regionals_year = 2020 | regionals_weight = Men's 100 kg | nationals = | highestranking = 1<sup>st<ref>{{cite web |title=Number One Of The World Peter Paltchik Ready For Tel Aviv |url=https://www.judoinside.com/news/4224 |website=JudoInside |access-date=9 March 2021 |date=4 January 2021}}</ref></sup> <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Men's judo }} {{Medal|Country| {{ISR}} }} {{Medal|Competition| Olympic Games }} {{Medal|B| 2020 Tokyo | Mixed team }} {{Medal|B| 2024 Paris | {{nbnd}}100 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| World Championships }} {{Medal|B| 2022 Tashkent | Mixed team }} {{Medal|B| 2023 Doha | {{nbnd}}100 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| European Championships }} {{Medal|G| 2020 Prague | {{nbnd}}100 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2018 Tel Aviv | {{nbnd}}100 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| World Masters }} {{Medal|S| 2023 Budapest | {{nbnd}}100 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2021 Doha | {{nbnd}}100 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2022 Jerusalem | {{nbnd}}100 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Slam }} {{Medal|G| 2018 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}100 kg }} {{Medal|G| 2020 Paris | {{nbnd}}100 kg }} {{Medal|S| 2021 Tel Aviv | {{nbnd}}100 kg }} {{Medal|S| 2022 Paris | {{nbnd}}100 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2017 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}100 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2019 Paris | {{nbnd}}100 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2019 Ekaterinburg | {{nbnd}}100 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2022 Tel Aviv | {{nbnd}}100 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2022 Ulaanbaatar | {{nbnd}}100 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2023 Paris | {{nbnd}}100 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2024 Astana | {{nbnd}}100 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Prix }} {{Medal|G| 2017 Cancún | {{nbnd}}100 kg }} {{Medal|G| 2018 Tbilisi | {{nbnd}}100 kg }} {{Medal|G| 2018 The Hague | {{nbnd}}100 kg }} {{Medal|G| 2020 Tel Aviv | {{nbnd}}100 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2018 Budapest | {{nbnd}}100 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2019 Zagreb | {{nbnd}}100 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| European Junior Championships }} {{Medal|S| 2011 Lommel | {{nbnd}}90 kg }} {{Medal|Sport| Men's Sambo }} {{Medal|Competition| Summer Universiade }} {{Medal|S| 2013 Kazan |100 kg }} | updated = 10 November 2025 }}
'''Peter Paltchik''' ({{langx|he|פיטר פלצ׳יק|Piter Palchik}}; {{langx|uk|Петер Пальтчик|Peter Palchyk}}; born 4 January 1992) is a Ukrainian-born Israeli Olympic and former European champion retired<ref name="Retired y"/><ref name="Retired 5"/> judoka,<ref name="judoinside.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.judoinside.com/judoka/51441 |title=Pete Paltchik |website=JudoInside |accessdate=28 April 2018}}</ref> competing in the under 100 kg weight category, of which he was the number 1 ranked judoka in the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=World Ranking List, Men −100kg |url=https://www.ijf.org/wrl?category=6 |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=24 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=World Ranking List, updated to 22 November 2020 |url=https://78884ca60822a34fb0e6-082b8fd5551e97bc65e327988b444396.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com/up/2020/11/ijf_sen_wrl_2020_11_23-1606073-1606073598.pdf |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=24 November 2020 |pages=23 |format=PDF}}</ref> Paltchik won a bronze medal at the 2018 European Championships in Tel Aviv. In 2019 he won the Israeli championship in the +100 kg category. He then won the gold medal at the 2020 European Championships in Prague. Paltchik also won a bronze medal in the mixed team judo competition in the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 2023 World Championships he won a bronze medal. Paltchik represented Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in judo in the men's 100 kg event and in the mixed team event, and was the flag bearer for his country, alongside swimmer Andrea Murez.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aurora-israel.co.il/en/paris-2024-peter-paltchik-and-andi-murez-olympic-flag-bearers-of-israel/|title=Paris 2024: Peter Paltchik and Andi Murez, Olympic flag bearers for Israel|publisher=Aurora Israel|language=EN|date=3 July 2024|access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref>
==Early life== Paltchik was born in 1992 in Yalta, Crimea (Ukraine).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.3wiresports.com/articles/2023/5/12/lbtsjj8s7z1wzgvuhumki4zpl2e5le|title=‘What’s this?’ — it’s the hope of sport|date=12 May 2023|website=3 Wire Sports}}</ref> His father died of lung cancer when he was about three months old.<ref name=walla>[https://sports.walla.co.il/item/3107575 פיטר פלצ'יק: "כל מה שעברתי כל החיים מתנקז לרגעים המרגשים האלו"]</ref> As a 9-month-old baby, he immigrated to Israel with his 24-year-old mother Larisa and resided in the city of Rishon LeZion, Israel.<ref name="auto">[https://olympics.com/en/news/peter-paltchik-security-guard-european-judo-champion "Peter Paltchik: From night security guard to European judo champion'; The 29-year-old Israeli faced tough challenges since he was born, but resiliency helped him overcome all the obstacles."]</ref> About a year later, his maternal grandparents immigrated to Israel as well. He was born in a difficult 53–54 hour birth, as he was not in the correct position, as a sick baby at a weight of {{convert|5.1|kg}} with crooked and fractured bones and various health problems, and the doctor recommended his family let Paltchik practice sports.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ruthgotian/2023/09/05/from-bully-to-olympian-the-redemption-story-of-peter-paltchik/|title=From Bully To Olympian: The Redemption Story Of Peter Paltchik|first=Dr Ruth|last=Gotian|website=Forbes}}</ref> His grandfather sent him to practice judo when he was four years old at the "Samurai Club" in Rishon LeZion under the guidance of Pavel Musin.<ref name="auto1"/>
During his childhood, Paltchik's mother went to the United States to work and send money back and stayed there until he was seven. During this time, Paltchik lived with his grandparents in Rishon LeZion. His mother works as a nurse in Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/judoka-presents-covid-nurse-mom-with-his-bronze-olympic-medal/|title=Judoka presents COVID nurse mom with his bronze Olympic medal |work=The Times of Israel}}</ref> He attended the Yigal Alon High School, majoring in communication. He served as a logistics soldier at the Tzrifin base of the Israeli Air Force.<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://fr.timesofisrael.com/le-judoka-israelien-peter-paltchik-decroche-lor-au-grand-slam-de-paris/|title=Le judoka israélien Peter Paltchik décroche l’or au Grand Slam de Paris|website=fr.timesofisrael.com}}</ref> He is a student in Ono Academic College.<ref>{{cite news |title=קרן פלצ'יק מכריזה על מלגות ל-10 ספורטאים ראשונים |url=https://sports.walla.co.il/item/3729840 |access-date=10 June 2025 |publisher=Walla}}</ref>
==Judo career==
At the age of 16, he joined the Israeli Judo Cadet Team. At the age of 17, he won the Israel cadet championship, Junior championship, and the U23 championship that season. At the age of 18 he joined the national senior judo team under the Israel national coach and former Olympic medalist Oren Samadja.<ref name="auto3"/> He trains at the Wingate Institute, and trains every day, twice a day.<ref name="auto1"/> He said: "I train as if I don’t have a medal. It’s never about the physical award. Instead, it is about what you can achieve and the challenge you can overcome."<ref name="auto1"/>
===2011–14: Israeli champion === In September, Paltchik competed in the 2011 European Junior Championships in Lumel, Belgium, and won a silver medal in the {{nbnd}}90 kg weight category.<ref>{{cite web |title=2011 European Junior Championships |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/6552 |website=JudoInside |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> In June 2012, Paltchik underwent a complicated surgery in the right knee following a rupture of the posterior cruciate ligament during routine training. Because of the surgery and the rehabilitation, his shift to the senior level was interrupted until 2014.
In January 2014, Peter returned to practice as part of the senior Israeli judo team. In February 2014 he won a bronze medal in the European Open in Oberwart, Austria.<ref name="2014 Oberwart Open">{{cite web |title=2014 Oberwart Open |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/1143/results?id_weight=5 |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="2014 Oberwart Open JI">{{cite web |title=2014 Oberwart Open |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/9613 |website=JudoInside|access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> In September, he again won a bronze medal at the European Open in Tallinn, Estonia.<ref name="2014 Tallinn Open">{{cite web |title=2014 Tallinn Open |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/1175/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="2014 Tallinn Open JI">{{cite web |title=2014 Tallinn Open |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/10030 |website=JudoInside |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> He competed in the {{nbnd}}100 kg category in the Israeli championship that year, and won the gold medal.<ref name="2014 IL JI">{{cite web |title=2014 Israeli Championships|url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/10204 |website=JudoInside |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref>
===2015–17 === In 2015, Paltchik decided, together with the national team coach, to raise the weight category {{nbnd}}100 kg in order to improve his performance on the mat. In June, he participated in the 2015 European Games held in Baku, and was eliminated in the second round by Frenchman Cyrille Maret.<ref name="2015 EU">{{cite web |title=2015 European Championships |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/1215/draw?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation|access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="2015 EU JI">{{cite web |title=2015 European Championships |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/6000/2015_European_Games_Baku/judo-matches?cId=100 |website=JudoInside|access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> In November, in the midst of the race to the 2016 Rio Olympic games, Paltchik took part in the 2015 Qingdao Grand Prix in China,<ref name="2015 GP Qingdao">{{cite web |title=2015 Grand Prix Qingdao |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/1241/draw?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="2015 GP Qingdao JI">{{cite web |title=2015 Grand Prix Qingdao |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/1987/2015_Grand_Prix_Qingdao/judo-matches?cId=100 |website=JudoInside|access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> and ripped the ligaments in his shoulder during a fight against the Mongolian Olympic champion, Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar. He had to undergo shoulder surgery and a long rehabilitation of 9 months, which resulted in him missing the 2016 Rio Olympics.<ref name="auto"/>
In Paltchik's return to judo in February 2017, he won a bronze medal at the European Cup competition in Rome, Italy.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="2017 Rome Open">{{cite web |title=2017 Rome Open |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/1442/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="2017 Rome Open JI">{{cite web |title=2017 Rome Open |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/11489 |website=JudoInside |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> In March, he participated in the 2017 Baku Grand Slam and reached fifth place.<ref name="2017 GS Baku">{{cite web |title=2017 Grand Slam Baku |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/1447/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="2017 GS Baku JI">{{cite web |title=2017 Grand Slam Baku |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/11502 |website=JudoInside |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> At the 2017 European Championship held in Warsaw, Poland, in April, Paltchik reached seventh place.<ref name="2017 EU">{{cite web |title=2017 European Championships |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/1455/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="2017 EU JI">{{cite web |title=2017 European Championships |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/11600 |website=JudoInside |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> On June, a competition was held at the European Tour in Bucharest, Romania, where Paltchik won a bronze medal.<ref name="2017 Bucharest Open">{{cite web |title=2017 Bucharest Open |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/1458/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="2017 Bucharest Open JI">{{cite web |title=2017 Bucharest Open |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/11493 |website=JudoInside |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> Later that month, he won a gold medal in the 2017 Cancún Grand Prix in Mexico,<ref name="2017 GP Cancun">{{cite web |title=2017 Cancun Grand Prix, −100kg |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/1540/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |accessdate=21 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="2017 GP Cancún JI">{{cite web |title=2017 Grand Prix Cancún |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/11733 |website=JudoInside |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> after winning in the semifinals against the Brazilian former world champion, Luciano Correra, and beating Irish Benjamin Fletcher by a waza-ari. At the 2017 World Championships held in September in Budapest, Paltchik lost in the round-of-16 to Michael Korrel from the Netherlands<ref name="2017 WC">{{cite web |title=2017 World Championships|url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/1463/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="2017 WC JI">{{cite web |title=2017 World Championships|url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/11000/2017_World_Championships_Budapest/judo-matches?cId=100 |website=JudoInside|access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> who was ranked first in the world. In October, Paltchik won a bronze medal at the 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam,<ref name="2017 GS Abu Dhabi">{{cite web |title=2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam, −100kg |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/1468/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |accessdate=21 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="2017 GS Abu Dhabi JI">{{cite web |title=2017 Grand Slam Abu Dhabi |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/11510 |website=JudoInside |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> after defeating Miklós Cirjenics from Hungary.
===2018–19: European championships bronze medal=== In April, Paltchik won the gold medal in the 2018 Tbilisi Grand Prix in Georgia,<ref name="2018 GP Tbilisi">{{cite web |title=2018 Tbilisi Grand Prix, −100kg |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/1574/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |accessdate=21 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="2018 GP Tbilisi JI">{{cite web |title=2018 Grand Prix Tbilisi |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/12008 |website=JudoInside|access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> when he defeated Merab Margiev of Russia in the final, after two minutes and a half. In the 2018 European Championship held in April in Tel Aviv, Paltchik won a bronze medal in the {{nbnd}}100 kg category.<ref name="2018 EU EJU">{{cite web |title=2018 European Championships |url=https://cdn.eju.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/951181a1aec7b764e36f8f047a2e8276.pdf |website=European Judo Union |access-date=28 June 2021 |archive-date=14 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614153853/https://cdn.eju.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/951181a1aec7b764e36f8f047a2e8276.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="2018EU">{{cite web |title=2018 Tel Aviv European Championships, −100kg |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/1579/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |accessdate=21 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="2018 EU JI">{{cite web |title=2018 European Championships |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/12002 |website=JudoInside |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> In the first round, he met Latvia's Jevgeņijs Borodavko. Two minutes from the start of the fight, Peter won a waza-ari, that eventually make him pass the first round. In the top-16, he met the Serbian Bojan Došen, and after four minutes without scoring, the battle went into a golden score, in which the Serbian took the third penalty and Paltchik went up to the quarterfinal. At that stage, Paltchik overcame Zelym Kotsoiev from Azerbaijan, when a minute and 13 seconds to the end of the fight, he managed to get a waza-ari. In the semifinal, Paltchik competed against French Cyrille Maret. After 2 minutes and 16 seconds from the start of the fight, Maret entered a choking exercise, and Peter fainted. Afterwards, Paltchik competed for the bronze medal, facing the Russian Niyaz Bilalov, and won the fight after 39 seconds, after scoring an ippon.
In August, Paltchik competed in the 2018 Budapest Grand Prix in Hungary and won a bronze medal,<ref name="2018 GP Budapest">{{cite web |title=2018 Budapest Grand Prix, −100kg |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/1588/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |accessdate=21 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="2018 GP Budapest JI">{{cite web |title=2018 Grand Prix Budapest |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/12013 |website=JudoInside |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> after defeating Martin Pacek of Sweden with an ippon. In October, he won the gold medal in the 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam,<ref name="2018 GS Abu Dhabi">{{cite web |title=2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam, −100kg |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/1695/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |accessdate=21 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="2018 GS Abu Dhabi JI">{{cite web |title=2018 Grand Slam Abu Dhabi |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/12014 |website=JudoInside |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> after defeating German Karl-Richard Frey in the semifinal, and the Olympic silver medalist Elmar Gasimov in the final. That time in Abu Dhabi was the first time that Israelis were allowed to wear formal Israeli judo suits, and the Israeli national anthem, Hatikvah, was played while Paltchik was standing on the podium. In November, he won the gold medal in the 2018 The Hague Grand Prix<ref name="2018 GP The Hague">{{cite web |title=2018 Haag Grand Prix, −100kg |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/1598/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |accessdate=21 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="2018 GP The Hague JI">{{cite web |title=2018 Grand Prix The Hague |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/12016 |website=JudoInside |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> when he defeated the Belarusian Mikita Sviryd in the final after the fight entered the golden score time.
In February, Paltchik won a bronze medal at the prestigious 2019 Paris Grand Slam.<ref name="2019 GS Paris">{{cite web |title=2019 Paris Grand Slam, −100kg |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/1707/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |accessdate=21 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="2019 GS Paris JI">{{cite web |title=2019 Grand Slam Paris |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/13002 |website=JudoInside |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> He reached the semifinals in which he faced Aaron Wolf from Japan. Ten seconds after the opening of the match, Paltchik scored a waza-ari, but lost in ippon a minute and 9 seconds before the end of the fight, after the Japanese managed to win. Paltchik went down to fight for the bronze medal, which he won by beating Croatia's {{ill|Zlatko Kumrić|hr}} by ippon.
On 17 March, Paltchik competed in the 2019 Ekaterinburg Grand Slam in Russia, and began the second round where he met Mikhail Minchin from Armenia, and won by ippon, obtained 58 seconds from the opening and went up to the quarterfinals. In the next stage, he defeated Jevgeņijs Borodavko from Latvia. In the semifinals he lost by ippon to Arman Adamian of Russia. In the fight for the bronze medal, Paltchik defeated Dutchman Michael Korrel with a waza-ari in the golden score, and won the medal.<ref name="2019 GS Ekaterinburg">{{cite web |title=2019 Ekaterinburg Grand Slam, −100kg |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/1720/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |accessdate=21 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="2019 GS Ekaterinburg JI">{{cite web |title=2019 Grand Slam Ekaterinburg |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/13005 |website=JudoInside |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> In July Paltchik won a bronze medal at the 2019 Zagreb Grand Prix<ref name="2019 GP Zagreb">{{cite web |title=2019 Zagreb Grand Prix, −100kg |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/1748/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |accessdate=21 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="2019 GP Zagreb JI">{{cite web |title=2019 Grand Prix Zagreb |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/13012 |website=JudoInside|access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="2019 GP Zagreb IH">{{cite news |last1=Rubinstein |first1=Adi |title=Israeli judokas win gold, bronze at Zagreb Grand Prix |url=https://www.israelhayom.com/2019/07/29/israeli-judokas-win-gold-bronze-at-zagreb-grand-prix |access-date=28 June 2021 |work=Israel Hayom |date=29 July 2019}}</ref> by defeating Miklós Cirjenics (Hungary). Also in 2019, he won the Israeli championship in the +100 kg category.<ref name="2019 IL">{{cite web |title=2019 Israeli Championships|url=http://kad.ija.org.il/israelseniors260919/d791d795d792d7a8d799d79d203130302b.html |website=Israel Judo Association |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref>
===2020–21: European Champion=== thumb|280px|Paltchik in 2020 In January Paltchik won the gold medal in 2020 Tel Aviv Grand Prix by defeating Brazilian Leonardo Gonçalves.<ref name="2020 GP Tel Aviv">{{cite web |title=2020 Tel Aviv Grand Prix, −100kg |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/2016/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |accessdate=21 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="2020 GP Tel Aviv JI">{{cite web |title=2020 Grand Prix Tel Aviv |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/15008 |website=JudoInside|access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> In February Paltchik won the gold medal at the 2020 Paris Grand Slam by defeating the Georgian Varlam Liparteliani.<ref name="2020 GS Paris">{{cite web |title=2020 Paris Grand Slam, −100kg |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/2017/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |accessdate=21 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="2020 GS Paris JI">{{cite web |title=2020 Grand Slam Paris |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/15001 |website=JudoInside |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref>
At the 2020 European Championships in November, Paltchik became the European Champion, taking the gold medal by defeating the Russian Arman Adamian in the final.<ref name="2020EU">{{cite web |title=2020 Prague European Championships, −100kg |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/2045/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |accessdate=21 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="2020 EU JI">{{cite web |title=2020 European Championships |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/14500 |website=JudoInside |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Zonshine |first1=Idan |title=Israeli Judoka Peter Paltchik wins gold medal at European Championship |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/israeli-judoka-peter-paltchik-advances-to-european-championship-final-649811 |accessdate=21 November 2020 |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |date=21 November 2020}}</ref>
Paltchik won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2021 World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.<ref name="results_judo_world_masters_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 Judo World Masters|url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/2180/results?id_weight=6 |access-date=13 January 2021|website=International Judo Federation}}</ref><ref name="2021 World Masters JI">{{cite web |title=2021 World Masters|url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/14600/results |website=JudoInside|access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="riner_brings_masters_to_conclusion_world_masters_2021">{{Cite news|last=Gillen|first=Nancy|date=13 January 2021|title=Riner brings IJF World Judo Masters to conclusion with heavyweight gold medal|work=Inside the Games |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102983/riner-wins-gold-at-world-judo-masters|url-status=live|access-date=13 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113205515/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102983/riner-wins-gold-at-world-judo-masters|archive-date=13 January 2021}}</ref> He also won a silver medal in the 2021 Tel Aviv Grand Slam in Israel.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ijf.org/judoka/9718/results?results_rank_group=all|title=Peter PALTCHIK / IJF.org|website=www.ijf.org}}</ref>
===2020 Tokyo Olympics=== Paltchik represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics, competing at the men's 100 kg weight category.<br>In his first match, Paltchik beat the 2019 Asian-Pacific champion, Mongolian Lkhagvasürengiin Otgonbaatar, to qualify for the quarter finals. There he met the 2017 world champion, Japanese Aaron Wolf, to whom he lost and turned to face Canadian two-time Pan American Champion Shady Elnahas in the repechage. Wolf went on to win the gold medal, while Paltchik, losing to Elnahas, ended the individual competition in 7th place.<ref name="2020 OG IJF">{{cite web |title=2020 Summer Olympics|url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/2035/judoka_nations?nation=isr |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=28 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="2020 OG IJFlive">{{cite web |title=2020 Summer Olympics|url=https://live.ijf.org/oly_2020/judokas_athletes/9718 |website=live.ijf.org |access-date=28 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="2020 OG JI">{{cite web |title=2020 Summer Olympics — Individual|url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/14000/2021_Olympic_Games_Tokyo/startlist?cntry=ISR |website=JudoInside |access-date=28 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="2020 OG">{{cite web |title=Judo Paltchik Peter — Tokyo 2020 Olympics |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/judo/athlete-profile-n1283107-paltchik-peter.htm |website=2020 Summer Olympics |access-date=28 July 2021 |archive-date=31 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731231026/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/judo/athlete-profile-n1283107-paltchik-peter.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===2022–present: World championship bronze medals, 2024 Paris Olympics and retirement === Paltchik won a silver medal at the 2022 Paris Grand Slam in France.<ref name="auto2"/> He won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2022 Tel Aviv Grand Slam held in Israel, as well as at the 2022 Ulaanbaatar Grand Slam in Mongolia and the 2022 World Masters in Jerusalem, Israel.<ref name="dicko_cements_frances_place_top_of_tel_aviv_grand_slam_medals_table_2022">{{Cite news|last=Lloyd|first=Owen|date=19 February 2022|title=Dicko cements France's place at top of Tel Aviv Grand Slam medals table|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1119527/romane-dicko-ijf-grand-slam-tel-aviv|access-date=20 February 2022}}</ref>
At the 2023 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, Paltchik won a bronze medal.<ref name="auto2"/> At the 2023 World Masters in Budapest, Hungary, he won a silver medal, and at the 2023 Paris Grand Slam he won a bronze medal.<ref name="auto2"/>
At the 2024 Astana Grand Slam in Kazakhstan, Paltchik won a bronze medal.<ref name="auto2"/>
[[File:Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 kg Awarding ceremony 2.jpg|thumb|Paltchik (second from the right) with (from the left) Ilia Sulamanidze, Zelym Kotsoiev and Muzaffarbek Turoboyev at the Paris Olympics on 1 August 2024]] Paltchik represented Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in judo in the men's 100 kg event on 1 August 2024, and in the mixed team event.<ref name="Wingate">{{cite web |title=Israel's delegation to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games |url=https://wingate.org.il/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%97%D7%AA-%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%94%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%96-2024 |website=Wingate Institute |access-date=26 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626074302/https://wingate.org.il/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%97%D7%AA-%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%94%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%96-2024 |archive-date=26 June 2024 |language=he |date=25 June 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was also chosen as Olympic flagbearer jointly with Andrea Murez; the decision attracted scrutiny on social media amid the Gaza war, after a tweet he had posted, containing a picture of munitions he had signed accompanied by the text "from me to you with pleasure", resurfaced.<ref>{{cite web |title=Israel flagbearer at Paris Olympics 'signs bombs' targeting civilians in Gaza |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240724-israel-flagbearer-at-paris-olympics-signs-bombs-targeting-civilians-in-gaza/ |website=Middle East Monitor |access-date=26 July 2024 |date=24 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Newman |first=Ed |title=Israeli Olympic team flagbearer signs bomb shells aimed at Palestinian children: From me to you, with pleasure! |url=https://www.radiohc.cu/en/noticias/deportes/360885-israeli-olympic-team-flagbearer-signs-bomb-shells-aimed-at-palestinian-children-from-me-to-you-with-pleasure |website=Radio Havana Cuba |access-date=26 July 2024 |date=24 July 2024}}</ref>
On 10 November 2025, Paltchik announced his retirement.<ref name="Retired y"/>
==TV appearances== Paltchik participates in the 11th season of ''Rokdim Im Kokhavim'', the Israeli version of ''Dancing with the Stars''.<ref name="Rokdim">{{cite news |title=Peter Paltchik: "I've always imagined myself in the center of the dance floor" |url=https://www.mako.co.il/tv-dancing_with_the_stars/season4-articles/Article-242feedbef7d691026.htm |access-date=11 June 2025 |work=Mako |date=16 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250516133612/https://www.mako.co.il/tv-dancing_with_the_stars/season4-articles/Article-242feedbef7d691026.htm |archive-date=16 May 2025 |language=he}}</ref>
==Personal life== Paltchik married his Israeli girlfriend Daniel Youlzary in April 2016, and they have twin boys.<ref name="auto1"/>
== Medals == Source:<ref name="Results">{{cite web |title=Peter Paltchik — Tournament results |url=https://www.ijf.org/judoka/9718/results?results_rank_group=all |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=17 January 2021}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Year !! Tournament !! Place !! Ref. |- ! rowspan=2| 2017 | align=left| Grand Prix Cancún || {{Gold1}} || <ref name="2017 GP Cancun"/><ref name="2017 GP Cancún JI"/> |- | align=left| Grand Slam Abu Dhabi || {{Bronze3}} || <ref name="2017 GS Abu Dhabi"/><ref name="2017 GS Abu Dhabi JI"/> |- ! rowspan=5| 2018 | align=left| Grand Prix Tbilisi || {{Gold1}} || <ref name="2018 GP Tbilisi"/><ref name="2018 GP Tbilisi JI"/> |- | align=left| European Championships || {{Bronze3}} || <ref name="2018 EU EJU"/><ref name="2018EU"/><ref name="2018 EU JI"/> |- | align=left| Grand Prix Budapest || {{Bronze3}} || <ref name="2018 GP Budapest"/><ref name="2018 GP Budapest JI"/> |- | align=left| Grand Slam Abu Dhabi || {{Gold1}} || <ref name="2018 GS Abu Dhabi"/><ref name="2018 GS Abu Dhabi JI"/> |- | align=left| Grand Prix The Hague || {{Gold1}} || <ref name="2018 GP The Hague"/><ref name="2018 GP The Hague JI"/> |- ! rowspan=3| 2019 | align=left| Grand Slam Paris || {{Bronze3}} || <ref name="2019 GS Paris"/><ref name="2019 GS Paris JI"/> |- | align=left| Grand Slam Ekaterinburg || {{Bronze3}} || <ref name="2019 GS Ekaterinburg"/><ref name="2019 GS Ekaterinburg JI"/> |- | align=left| Grand Prix Zagreb || {{Bronze3}} || <ref name="2019 GP Zagreb"/><ref name="2019 GP Zagreb JI"/><ref name="2019 GP Zagreb IH"/> |- ! rowspan=3| 2020 | align=left| Grand Prix Tel Aviv || {{Gold1}} || <ref name="2020 GP Tel Aviv"/><ref name="2020 GP Tel Aviv JI"/> |- | align=left| Grand Slam Paris || {{Gold1}} || <ref name="2020 GS Paris"/><ref name="2020 GS Paris JI"/> |- | align=left| European Championships || {{Gold1}} || <ref name="2020EU"/><ref name="2020 EU JI"/> |- ! rowspan=2| 2021 | align=left| World Masters || {{Bronze3}} || <ref name="results_judo_world_masters_2021"/><ref name="2021 World Masters JI"/> |- | align=left| Grand Slam Tel Aviv || {{Silver2}} || <ref name="2021 GS Tel Aviv">{{cite web |title=2021 Grand Slam Tel Aviv|url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/2227/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref><ref name="2021 GS Tel Aviv JI">{{cite web |title=2021 Grand Slam Tel Aviv |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/15003 |website=JudoInside |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> |- ! rowspan=4| 2022 | align=left| Grand Slam Paris || {{Silver2}} || <ref name="2022 GS Paris">{{cite web |title=2022 Grand Slam Paris|url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/2282/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="2022 GS Paris JI">{{cite web |title=2022 Grand Slam Paris |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/15005/2022_Grand_Slam_Paris/judo-results?cntry=ISR |website=JudoInside |access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="2022 GS Paris live">{{cite web |title=2022 Grand Slam Paris |url=https://live.ijf.org/gs_fra2022/judokas_athletes/9718 |website=live.ijf.org |access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref> |- | align=left| Grand Slam Tel Aviv || {{Bronze3}} || <ref name="2022 GS Tel Aviv">{{cite web |title=2022 Grand Slam Tel Aviv |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/2284/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=19 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="2022 GS Tel Aviv JI">{{cite web |title=2022 Grand Slam Tel Aviv |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/15872 |website=JudoInside |access-date=19 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="2022 GS Tel Aviv live">{{cite web |title=2022 Grand Slam Tel Aviv |url=https://live.ijf.org/gs_isr2022/judokas_athletes/9718 |website=live.ijf.org |access-date=19 February 2022}}</ref> |- | align=left| Grand Slam Ulaanbaatar || {{Bronze3}} || <ref name="2022 GS Ulaanbaatar">{{cite web |title=2022 Grand Slam Ulaanbaatar |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/2364/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=26 June 2022}}</ref><ref name="2022 GS Ulaanbaatar JI">{{cite web |title=2022 Grand Slam Ulaanbaatar |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/15009 |website=JudoInside |access-date=26 June 2022}}</ref><ref name="2022 GS Ulaanbaatar live">{{cite web |title=2022 Grand Slam Ulaanbaatar |url=https://live.ijf.org/gs_mgl2022/judokas_athletes/9718 |website=live.ijf.org |access-date=26 June 2022}}</ref> |- | align=left| World Masters || {{Bronze3}} || <ref name="2022 World Masters">{{cite web |title=2022 World Masters |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/2316/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=27 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="2022 World Masters JI">{{cite web |title=2022 World Masters |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/16017 |website=JudoInside |access-date=27 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="2022 World Masters live">{{cite web |title=2022 World Masters |url=https://live.ijf.org/masters_2022/judokas_athletes/9718 |website=live.ijf.org |access-date=27 December 2022}}</ref> |- ! rowspan=3| 2023 | align=left| Grand Slam Paris || {{Bronze3}} || <ref name="2023 GS Paris">{{cite web |title=2023 Grand Slam Paris |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/2438/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref><ref name="2023 GS Paris JI">{{cite web |title=2023 Grand Slam Paris |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/16700 |website=JudoInside |access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref><ref name="2023 GS Paris live">{{cite web |title=2023 Grand Slam Paris |url=https://live.ijf.org/gs_fra2023/judokas_athletes/9718 |website=live.ijf.org |access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref> |- | align=left| World Championships || {{Bronze3}} || <ref name="2023 WC">{{cite web |title=World Judo Championships – Doha 2023 Individuals |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/2442/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="2023 WC JI">{{cite web |title=World Championships Doha |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/17000/judo-matches?cId=100 |website=JudoInside |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=World Judo Championships – Doha 2023 Individuals — Peter Paltchik |url=https://judotv.com/competitions/wc_sen2023/judoka/9718 |website=Judo TV |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref> |- | align=left| World Masters || {{Silver2}} || <ref name="2023 Masters">{{cite web |title=2023 World Masters |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/2447/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=7 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="2023 Masters JI">{{cite web |title=2023 World Masters |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/16712 |website=JudoInside |access-date=7 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="2023 Masters live">{{cite web |title=2023 World Masters |url=https://judotv.com/competitions/masters_2023/judoka/9718 |website=Judo TV |access-date=7 August 2023}}</ref> |- ! rowspan=2| 2024 | align=left| Grand Slam Astana || {{Bronze3}} || <ref name="2024 GS Astana">{{cite web |title=2024 Grand Slam Astana |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/2651/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref><ref name="2024 GS Astana JI">{{cite web |title=2024 Grand Slam Astana |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/17515 |website=JudoInside |access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref><ref name="2024 GS Astana TV">{{cite web |title=2024 Grand Slam Astana |url=https://judotv.com/competitions/gs_kaz2024/judoka/9718 |website=Judo TV |access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref> |- | align=left| Olympic Games || {{Bronze3}} || <ref name="2024 OG">{{cite web |title=Olympic Games Paris 2024|url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/2653/results?id_weight=6 |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref><ref name="2024 OG JI">{{cite web |title=Olympic Games Paris |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/18000/judo-matches?cId=100 |website=JudoInside |access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref> |}
===Israeli Championships=== Partial list: : {{Gold1}} +100 kg Category (2019)<ref name="2019 IL"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{official website}} * {{Sports links}} * {{The-Sports}} * A [https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/peter-paltchik-built-resilience/ "podcast,"] with Peter Paltchik by Wharton University of Pennsylvania * {{Instagram}}
{{Olympic medalists for Israel|2020}} {{Israel national judo team 2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed team bronze medalists}} {{EC Judo M100}} {{Authority control}} {{s-start}} {{s-sports|oly}} {{succession box | before = Yakov Toumarkin<br />Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko | title = Flagbearer for {{ISR}} | with = Andrea Murez | years = París 2024 | after = '''''Incumbent''''' }} {{s-end}}
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