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Li Kochman

Li Kochman is an Israeli retired judoka who competed in the under 90 kg category and won a silver medal at the 2019 European Championships.

born 19952019 European Championships silver medalTokyo 2020 mixed team bronzeJudo in the under 90 kg category

Born: 18 April 1995
Occupation: judoka

Li Kochman was born in 1995

Li Kochman was born on 18 April 1995 to Dalit and Oron Kochman, who both served as career soldiers in the IDF. He grew up in Ramat Gan and attended Blich High School there.

In 2011 he won bronze at the European Cadet Championships in Malta. In 2014 he took bronze at the European Under 23 Championships in Poland. He won bronze at the 2015 Budapest Grand Prix and silver at the 2016 Zagreb Grand Prix.

In 2017 he won gold at the European Open in Belgrade. In 2018 he took silver at the European Open in Sofia and bronze at the Tbilisi Grand Prix. In 2019 he won silver at the European Championships in Minsk, held as part of the European Games.

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics he won bronze with the Israeli mixed team. In the individual under 90 kg event he beat David Klammert of the Czech Republic, then lost to Lasha Bekauri of Georgia and was eliminated. He later won bronze at the 2021 Antalya Grand Slam and the 2024 Austria Grand Prix.