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Mashu Baker

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Mashu Baker
Personal information
Native name
ベイカー 茉秋
NationalityJapanese
Born (1994-09-25) 25 September 1994 (age 31)
Tokyo, Japan
Home townTokyo, Japan
EducationTokai University
OccupationJudoka
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Sport
Country Japan
SportJudo
–90 kg
ClubJFA Judo Club
TeamAll Japan National Team
Coached byMitushi Hirokawa[2]
Kosei Inoue
Achievements and titles
1st place, gold medalist(s) (2016)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (2015)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (2018)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de Janeiro90 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2015 Astana90 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2018 JakartaMixed Team
Bronze medal – third place2018 Jakarta90 kg
World Masters
Gold medal – first place2016 Guadalajara90 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place2013 Tokyo90 kg
Gold medal – first place2015 Baku90 kg
Gold medal – first place2015 Tyumen90 kg
Gold medal – first place2015 Tokyo90 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 Düsseldorf90 kg
Bronze medal – third place2014 Paris90 kg
Bronze medal – third place2014 Tokyo90 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2019 Montreal90 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Tashkent90 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF15143
JudoInside.com13805
Updated on 24 May 2023

Matthew Baker (ベイカー 茉秋 Beikā Mashū, Japanese surname: 小林, born 25 September 1994 in Tokyo), is a male Japanese judoka.[3]

His father is an American.[4] His parents divorced when he was little and was raised by his mother.[5]

He started judo at the age of 7.[6] His favorite technique is Ouchi Gari.[6] In 2015, he won the bronze medal in the Middleweight (90 kg) division at the 2015 World Judo Championships.[4] He is currently ranked No. 38 in the world (as of 2019).[7] He won the gold medal in under 90 kg division in 2016 Rio Olympics.[8]

Competitive record

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Judo record[9]
Total 36
Wins 32
by Ippon 18
Losses 4
by Ippon 1

(as of 4 December 2015)

References

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  1. "Judo Grand-Slam Tokyo 2015: Day 3". YouTube. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. "90 kg (G/M) BAKER, Mashu (JPN) - GONZALEZ, Asley (CUB) = Judo 2015 G/S - Tokyo (JPN)". YouTube. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mashu Baker". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  4. 1 2 【柔道世界選手権】ベイカー茉秋「誇らしい銅メダル」 Deprecated link archived 11 August 2016 at archive.today Tokyo Sports 2015-8-30
  5. 柔道男子90キロ級 ベイカー茉秋、母に金を 毎日新聞, 2016年8月10日
  6. 1 2 "近代柔道 2015年4月号 柔道全日本強化選手名鑑 2015 -". Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. 20 April 2015.
  7. "IJF World Ranking List" (PDF). Intjudo.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  8. "BAKER Mashu - Olympic Judo | Japan". Rio2016.com. 25 September 1994. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  9. "Mashu Baker: Statistics". Judobase.org. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
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