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Japanese Olympic judoka From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yuko Emoto (恵本 裕子, Emoto Yūko, born 23 December 1972 in Asahikawa, Hokkaido[1]) is a Japanese judoka and Olympic champion. She won the gold medal in the half middleweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[2]
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Born | 23 December 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | –61 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic Games | (1996) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Champ. | R64 (1995) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asian Champ. | (1994) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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IJF | 53323 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
JudoInside.com | 2857 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emoto received a silver medal at the 1994 Asian Games.
Emoto is married to South Korean judoka Kim Hyuk.[3]
In 2016, Emoto provided input to a manga series written by Makoto Kobayashi titled JJM: Joshi Judou-bu Monogatari.[4]
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