Wakaba Suzuki

Wakaba Suzuki (鈴木 若葉, Suzuki Wakaba, born 13 June 1970) is a retired Japanese judoka.

Wakaba Suzuki
Medal record
Women's Judo
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Hamilton -52 kg
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 1988 Damascus -48 kg

Suzuki was born in Fujimi, Saitama, and began judo in earnest at the age of a 5th grader.[1] She entered the Saitama University after graduating from high-school.[1]

She was counted as a top in Japan by the proud skill, Seoinage and Newaza.[2] In 1993, she participated World Championships held in Hamilton, Ontario but defeated by Almudena Muñoz at semi-final and won a bronze medal. She was also expected to get medal of Olympic Games in 1996 but retired in 1995 due to Overtraining.[1]

As of 2010, Suzuki coaches judo at Shukutoku University and among her students is former Asian champion Sae Nakazawa.[3]

Achievements
- All-Japan Selected Championships (-48 kg) 2nd
- Pacific Rim Championships (-48 kg) 1st
- All-Japan Selected Championships (-48 kg) 2nd
- All-Japan Selected Championships (-48 kg) 3rd
- All-Japan University Championships (-48 kg) 2nd
  • 1990 - All-Japan Selected Championships (-48 kg) 3rd
  • 1991 - All-Japan University Championships (-52 kg) 3rd
  • 1992 - All-Japan University Championships (-52 kg) 2nd
  • 1993 - World Championships (-52 kg) 3rd
- All-Japan Selected Championships (-48 kg) 1st

References
  1. "柔道技バイブル 歴戦の柔道家が明かすワザの極意 -鈴木若葉4段の「背負い投げ」-". Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. 20 August 2007.ISBN 978-4583100470
  2. "柔道実戦必勝テクニック -鈴木若葉4段の「横四方固め」-". Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. 10 August 2008.ISBN 978-4583615509
  3. 北京五輪<ともに追う夢>2　柔道・中沢さえ、鈴木若葉監督 (in Japanese). Chunichi Shimbun. 26 June 2008.


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