Courageous champion Josh Katz doubted he would compete in the Olympics again when he suffered serious injuries over the past couple of years. A knee injury in January had him even pondering the unthinkable: would he ever get back to judo at all?
Josh was the youngest Australian male judoka to compete in the Olympics, making his debut at the 2016 Rio Games, aged 18 years and 220 days. He and Nathan were the first brothers to compete for Australia in judo at the same Olympics.
The champion genes run strong in the Katz family with Dad Rob, Mum Kerrye (1988 Olympian), and brother Nathan all masters of judo. The family run the highly-rated Budokan Judo Club in Castle Hill. “With less than five weeks to go until the Games,