Yuko Emoto
Japanese Olympic judoka
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Born | (1972-12-23) 23 December 1972 (age 51) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | –61 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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World Champ. | R64 (1995) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asian Champ. | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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JudoInside.com | 2857 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Updated on 4 June 2023 |
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]
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]
References
- ^ "恵本裕子|柔道オリンピック動画集".
- ^ "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Judo" Archived 7 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 19 June 2008)
- ^ "<アトランタ・金>柔道 恵本裕子". Zakzak (in Japanese). 16 September 2001. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ 柔道部物語:女の子主役に25年ぶり“復活” モデルはアトランタ五輪金メダリスト. Mantan Web (in Japanese). 9 August 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
External links
- Yuko Emoto at the International Judo Federation
- Yuko Emoto at JudoInside.com
- Yuko Emoto at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Yuko Emoto at Olympics.com
- Yuko Emoto at Olympedia
- Yuko Emoto at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Yuko Emoto at The-Sports.org
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- 1992–1996: –61 kg
- 2000–: –63 kg
- 1992:
Catherine Fleury (FRA)
- 1996:
Yuko Emoto (JPN)
- 2000:
Séverine Vandenhende (FRA)
- 2004:
Ayumi Tanimoto (JPN)
- 2008:
Ayumi Tanimoto (JPN)
- 2012:
Urška Žolnir (SLO)
- 2016:
Tina Trstenjak (SLO)
- 2020:
Clarisse Agbegnenou (FRA)
- 2024:
Andreja Leški (SLO)
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