Tomoko Fukumi (福見 友子, Fukumi Tomoko, born 26 June 1985 in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki) is a Japanese judoka from Tsukuba University. She competed for Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]
Fukumi is a 4th dan in judo.[citation needed] She is the only judoka to have beaten Ryoko Tani twice. Later she won the gold medal in the extra-lightweight (–48 kg) division at the 2009 World Judo Championships. She is known for her seoinage, kouchigari, and newaza.[citation needed] In 2014, Fukumi took a year off to study abroad at Loughborough University.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tomoko Fukumi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
External links
edit- Tomoko Fukumi at the International Judo Federation
- Tomoko Fukumi at JudoInside.com
- Tomoko Fukumi at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Tomoko Fukumi at Olympics.com
- Tomoko Fukumi at Olympedia
- Tomoko Fukumi at The-Sports.org
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