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Golan Pollack

Golan Pollack is an Israeli former judoka in the under 66 kg category who won a bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships and competed at two Summer Olympics.

born 19912015 World Championships bronze medalTwo Olympic appearances2009 Maccabiah gold medalCoaching Israel's national judo teams

Born: 10 September 1991, Tel Aviv
Occupation: judoka

Golan Pollack was born in 1991 in Tel Aviv

Golan Pollack was born on 10 September 1991. He began judo with coach Oren Ben Artzi. His first international event was the 2006 European Cadet Championships in Miskolc, where he placed fifth.

He moved to senior competition in 2008 in the under 66 kg category. In 2009 he won gold at the Maccabiah Games and won the Israeli championship for the first time. He won several World Cup medals in 2011 and 2012, and competed at the 2012 London Olympics, losing in the first round to David Larose of France.

In 2014 he won the European Open in Sofia and took silver at the Tokyo Grand Slam. In August 2015 he won bronze at the World Championships in Astana, beating the world number one along the way. At the 2016 Rio Olympics he was eliminated in his first bout by Mathews Punza of Zambia.

After many injuries, Pollack announced his retirement on 19 October 2018. He then became a coach with Israel's national teams, working with the cadet and junior teams. He is married to Mor Pollack and they have 3 children.