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1980 Moscow, +95kg: Angelo Parisi (FRA)
The Moscow Olympics was marred by a US-led boycott that saw Japan, South Korea and West Germany declining to participate. This had a big impact on judo…
May 6, 2023
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1980 Moscow, +95kg: Angelo Parisi (FRA)
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Montreal 1976, Open: Haruki Uemura (JPN)
The Open weight division holds a special place in the hearts of Japanese judoka. Haruki Uemura was 13 years old when he watched on TV the 1964 Olympics…
May 2, 2023
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Montreal 1976, Open: Haruki Uemura (JPN)
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Montreal 1976, -63kg: Hector Rodriguez (CUB)
The top favorite for the lightest weight category in Montreal was Japan’s morote-seoi-nage specialist Yoshiharu Minami, a double World Champion (1973…
Apr 30, 2023
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Montreal 1976, -63kg: Hector Rodriguez (CUB)
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Montreal 1976, -70kg: Vladimir Nevzorov (URS)
In the 1970s, it was very rare that a Japanese was not the favorite for a gold medal but this was the case in the -70kg division in Montreal. The top…
Apr 28, 2023
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Montreal 1976, -70kg: Vladimir Nevzorov (URS)
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Montreal 1976, -80kg: Isamu Sonoda (JPN)
Japan’s top favorite at -80kg was not in Montreal. Shozo Fujii, the talented morote-seoi-nage specialist was already a triple World Champion by 1976 but…
Apr 27, 2023
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Montreal 1976, -80kg: Isamu Sonoda (JPN)
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Montreal 1976, -93kg: Kazuhiro Ninomiya (JPN)
Kazuhiro Ninomiya was a top heavyweight champion from Japan, and indeed he was the World Champion in the Open weight division, but that was from 1973…
Apr 27, 2023
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Montreal 1976, -93kg: Kazuhiro Ninomiya (JPN)
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Montreal 1976, +93kg: Sergei Novikov (URS)
The Japanese did not do so well in the 1972 Munich Olympics, winning only three out of six gold medals. For any other country, winning 50% of the medals…
Apr 22, 2023
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Montreal 1976, +93kg: Sergei Novikov (URS)
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Munich 1972, Open: Willem Ruska (NED)
There were three main contenders in the Open weight division: Willem Ruska of the Netherlands, Vitaly Kuznetsov of the Soviet Union and Masatoshi…
Apr 18, 2023
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Munich 1972, Open: Willem Ruska (NED)
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Munich 1972, -63kg: Takao Kawaguchi (JPN)
With two gold medals secured, Japan looked poised to get its third gold medal of the Games in the lightest weight category, and its representative Takao…
Apr 17, 2023
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Munich 1972, -63kg: Takao Kawaguchi (JPN)
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Munich 1972, -70kg: Toyokazu Nomura
Japan was spoiled for choice when it came to the lightweight categories, and so it was with the -70kg division. At the 1969 World Championships, both…
Apr 16, 2023
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Munich 1972, -70kg: Toyokazu Nomura
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Munich 1972, -80kg: Shinobu Sekine (JPN)
After having failed to win gold in the first two days of the Munich Olympics, the Japanese contingent was understandably nervous about the third day…
Apr 15, 2023
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Munich 1972, -80kg: Shinobu Sekine (JPN)
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Munich 1972, -93kg: Shota Chochishvili (URS)
The top favorite for this category was Japan’s Fumio Sasahara, the World Champion in 1969 and 1971. Prior to the competition, no one had even heard of…
Apr 14, 2023
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