Yuko Emoto
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| Born | 23 December 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| R64 (1995) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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| IJF | 53323 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 2857 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yuko Emoto (恵本 裕子, Emoto Yūko; born 23 December 1972 in Asahikawa, Hokkaido[1]) is a Japanese judoka and Olympic champion.[2] She won the gold medal in the half middleweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[3]
Emoto received a silver medal at the 1994 Asian Games.
Emoto is married to South Korean judoka Kim Hyuk.[4]
In 2016, Emoto provided input to a manga series written by Makoto Kobayashi titled JJM: Joshi Judou-bu Monogatari.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "恵本裕子｜柔道オリンピック動画集". Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yuko Emoto". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ↑ "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Judo" Archived 7 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 19 June 2008)
- ↑ "＜アトランタ・金＞柔道 恵本裕子". Zakzak (in Japanese). 16 September 2001. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ↑ 柔道部物語：女の子主役に25年ぶり“復活” モデルはアトランタ五輪金メダリスト. Mantan Web (in Japanese). 9 August 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
External links
[edit]- Yuko Emoto at the International Judo Federation
- Yuko Emoto at JudoInside.com
- Yuko Emoto at Olympics.com
- Yuko Emoto at Olympedia
- Yuko Emoto at InterSportStats
- Yuko Emoto at The-Sports.org
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