Yukimasa Nakamura (中村 行成, Nakamura Yukimasa, born 28 August 1972) is a Japanese judoka, Olympic medalist and world champion. His older brother, Yoshio Nakamura and younger brother, Kenzo Nakamura are also former world champions.
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| Born | 28 August 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –65 kg, –66 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games |  (1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 
(1993) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asian Champ. | 
(1994, 1998, 2000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| JudoInside.com | 1472 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He is from Fukuoka, Fukuoka. After graduation from Tokai University, He belonged to Asahi Kasei. He received a silver medal in the half lightweight (65 kg) division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[1][2] He is world champion from 1993, and received a silver medal at the 1995 World Championships.
As of 2008, He coaches judo at Asahi Kasei with his brothers. Among their pupil are world champion Hiroshi Izumi, Masato Uchishiba and so on.
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yukimasa Nakamura". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, USA – Judo" Archived 7 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 30 November 2008)
External links
edit- Yukimasa Nakamura at the International Judo Federation
- Yukimasa Nakamura at JudoInside.com
- Yukimasa Nakamura at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Yukimasa Nakamura at Olympics.com
- Yukimasa Nakamura at Olympedia
- Yukimasa Nakamura at The-Sports.org
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