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Ayumi Tanimoto (谷本 歩実, Tanimoto Ayumi) born 4 August 1981, in Anjo, Aichi, is a Japanese judoka. She was coached by Toshihiko Koga, who is a gold medalist at the Barcelona Olympics and a silver medalist at the Atlanta Olympics Men's Judo.[1] Tanimoto won the Women's –63 kg category gold medal at the Athens Olympics in 2004 and at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
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Born | 4 August 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | –63 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic Games | (2004, 2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Champ. | (2005) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asian Champ. | (2001, 2002, 2004) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 30 May 2023 |
In September 2005, she won the silver medal at the World judo championships in Cairo, Egypt.
Retirement
editTanimoto retired from competitive judo in September 2010.[2] In 2015, she became the assistant manager of Komatsu's judo club.[3] For the Rio 2016 Olympics, she was a coach for the women's judo team.[4] She is completing a postgraduate degree at Hirosaki University, and listed as a women's junior coach for the All Japan Judo Federation.[5] Additionally, she was a board member of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee.[6][7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ayumi Tanimoto". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Ayumi Tanimoto Retiring from Judo Competition". Komatsu Limited. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ "History of the Women's Judo Club". Komatsu Limited. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ "柔道日本選手団" [Japan's Judo Team]. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ "強化委員会" [Strengthening Committee]. All Japan Judo Federation. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ Kameda, Masaaki (17 March 2014). "Tokyo Olympic organizing committee gets 28 new members, including seven women". The Japan Times. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ "Executive Board Members". Tokyo 2020. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
External links
edit- Ayumi Tanimoto at the International Judo Federation
- Ayumi Tanimoto at JudoInside.com
- Ayumi Tanimoto at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Ayumi Tanimoto at Olympics.com
- Ayumi Tanimoto at Olympedia
- Ayumi Tanimoto at The-Sports.org
- Videos of Ayumi Tanimoto (judovision)