Kento Masaki
Kento Masaki (正木 健人, Masaki Kento, born 9 August 1987) is a Japanese Paralympic judoka in Super-Heavyweight.
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| Born | 9 August 1987 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 2012 he became Paralympic champion in the +100 kg by beating Song Wang (China) in the final.
The 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio was Masaki's second appearance at the Games. Competing in the +100 kg category, he secured his second Paralympic medal with a bronze However, he faced a setback in the semi-final when he had his first-ever defeat in a Paralympic match to Adiljan Tuledibaev of Uzbekistan. Tuledibaev went on to win the gold medal, while Masaki ultimately won the bronze-medal match.[1]
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