Ayami Takano (Japanese: 髙野 綺海, Hepburn: Takano Ayami, born 18 June 1997) is a Japanese judoka. She won a gold medal in the mixed team event at the 2024 World Judo Championships held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Her specialty is the ouchi-gari. She is currently studying for a doctorate at Tokyo Gakugei University Graduate School.[1][2][3]
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| Native name | 髙野 綺海 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 June 1997 Chikushino, Fukuoka, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –57 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| IJF | 75213 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 157287 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Judo career
editTakano started judo at the age of three at the Chikushi dojo where her grandfather taught her.[3] In her third year at Kiyama Junior High School, she lost in the third round of the 52kg class at the National Junior High School Judo Championships.[2] She went on to Miyazaki Nihon University High School, where she lost in the third round of the 57kg class at the Inter-High School Championships in her third year.[2] She went on to Tokyo Gakugei University in 2016 and placed fifth in her student weight class in her third year. In the Kodokan Cup, Takano won her first match by defeating London Olympic gold medalist Kaori Matsumoto of Beneseed with a combined technique, but lost in the next match.[4] In 2020, she joined Japan Ace Support.[1] In the 2022 Kodokan Cup, she lost to Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist Tsukasa Yoshida of Komatsu by disqualification in the semi-finals, but still placed third.[5] In the 2023 weight class, she won her first match by disqualification against Momo Tamaki of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance, then won the final by disqualification against Yoshida, winning her first senior national championship.[3][6][7]
At the 2023 Judo Grand Prix Linz, Takano lost her first match to Hasret Bozkurt of Turkey by a seoi-nage throw early in the match.[8] In the Kodokan Cup, she lost to Hiyori Koga of Park 24 by waza-ari in the final, placing second.[9] At the Grand Slam Tokyo, she lost by waza-ari to Canada's Christa Deguchi in the quarterfinals, and then lost by disqualification to Israel's Timna Nelson-Levy in the repechage, finishing in seventh place.[10] At the 2024 Judo Grand Prix Odivelas, Takano lost by waza-ari to Huh Mi-mi in the semifinals, but beat Nelson-Levy by waza-ari in the third-place deciding match to finish third.[11][12] In the weight class in April, she placed second in the final, losing by waza-ari to Tamaki.[13] At the mixed team event of the World Judo Championships, she only competed in her first match against Germany, but won, and then her team went on to win the championship.[14][15]
References
edit- ^ a b "強化選手 女子B強化". www.judo.or.jp.
- ^ a b c ｢第64回全国高校柔道大会プレビュー｣近代柔道 ベースボールマガジン社、2015年8月号 50頁
- ^ a b c "博士課程で「柔道」学ぶ柔道家が日本一 五輪銅メダリスト、世界選手権銀メダリストを連破「最後は気持ち」" (in Japanese). 47news. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023.
- ^ 柔道「五輪切符」の高いハードル… 野獣・松本薫が“引退” 柔道「五輪切符」の高いハードル… 野獣・松本薫が“引退” (in Japanese). ZAKZAK. 5 November 2018.
- ^ "講道館杯全日本柔道体重別選手権大会". www.judo-ch.jp.
- ^ "中村太樹ら初優勝、白石響V2 芳田司は決勝で破れる／柔道" (in Japanese). Sankei Sports. 1 April 2023.
- ^ "2023年全日本選抜柔道体重別選手権大会". seikosportslink.com.
- ^ "Grand Prix Upper Austria 2023". International Judo Federation.
- ^ "2023年度講道館杯全日本柔道体重別選手権大会". seikosportslink.com.
- ^ "Tokyo Grand Slam 2023". International Judo Federation.
- ^ "吉岡光が優勝 グランプリ大会／柔道". Sankei Sports. 27 January 2024.
- ^ "Grand Prix Portugal 2024".
- ^ "2024年全日本選抜柔道体重別選手権大会". seikosportslink.com.
- ^ "世界柔道、混合団体で日本7連覇 若手の活躍目立つ". The Nikkei. 25 May 2024.
- ^ "Abu Dhabi World Championships Seniors 2024 Mixed Teams". International Judo Federation.
External links
edit- Ayami Takano at the International Judo Federation
- Ayami Takano at JudoInside.com
- Ayami Takano at The-Sports.org
