| Birth Place: | Victoria, Australia[1] |
| Country: | Australia |
| Weight Class: | 66 kg |
| Retired: | 18 October 2023[2] |
| Worlds Rank: | R32 |
| Worlds Year: | 2017 |
| Worlds Weight: | Men's 66 kg |
| Worlds Year2: | 2021 |
| Worlds Weight2: | Men's 66 kg |
| Regionals Type: | OC |
| Regionals Rank: | 1 |
| Regionals Year: | 2015 |
| Regionals Year2: | 2016 |
| Regionals Year3: | 2017 |
| Olympics Rank: | R16 |
| Olympics Year: | 2020 |
| Olympics Weight: | Men's 66 kg |
| Commonwealth Rank: | 3 |
| Commonwealth Year: | 2022 |
| Commonwealth Weight: | Men's 66 kg |
| Updated: | 31 January 2023 |
Nathan Katz (born 17 January 1995) is a retired[2] Australian Olympic and five-time national champion judoka, and current judo coach.
Katz was born in Melbourne, Australia, and is Jewish.[3] Katz's mother is former judoka Kerrye Katz who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics, when judo was a demonstration event for women, and came in seventh; she also won the 1985 Oceania Judo Championship in U66k, and 11 Australian national championships.[4] [5] His father Robert was a former judoka on the Australian national team and a national judo coach for Australia at both the 1988 Seoul Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics.[6] [7] [8]
His younger brother Josh Katz also competed for Australia in judo at the Rio Olympics; he also competed at the Paris Olympics. The two brothers were training partners since they were children.[9] He graduated from William Clarke College.[10]
Katz was a 2x Cadet Australian National Champion, and a 5x Australian National Champion.[3]
Katz qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics due to his having been Oceania champion in 2015 and 2016. He was ranked number 1 in the 2015 IJF World Ranking for juniors U66kg. In 2022 he underwent knee surgery.[11]
Katz competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 66 kg event, in which he was eliminated in the second round by Imad Bassou.[12] [13]
Katz started his 2020 Tokyo men's 66 kg event in the round of 32 against Juan Postigos of Peru, winning seconds before golden score with a stunning left-drop seoinage. In the round of 16, He fought Baruch Shmailov of Israel who he ended up losing to. Shmailov went on to fight for bronze.[14]
He won a bronze medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. It was his first competition in six months, as he had been injured.[15]
He retired from competition in October 2023.[16] He is now his brother's training partner and coach.[17]