Yukimasa Nakamura

Yukimasa Nakamura (中村 行成, Nakamura Yukimasa, born 28 August 1972) is a Japanese judoka, Olympic medalist and world champion. His older brother, Yoshio Nakamura and younger brother, Kenzo Nakamura are also former world champions.

Yukimasa Nakamura
Personal information
Born (1972-08-28) 28 August 1972
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryJapan
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍65 kg, ‍–‍66 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ.Gold (1993)
Asian Champ.Gold (1994, 1998, 2000)
Olympic GamesSilver (1996)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta 65 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Hamilton 65 kg
Silver medal – second place 1995 Chiba 65 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Hiroshima 65 kg
Gold medal – first place 1998 Bangkok 66 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Osaka 66 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 1990 Dijon 65 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF53084
JudoInside.com1472
Updated on 4 June 2023.

He is from Fukuoka, Fukuoka. After graduation from Tokai University, He belonged to Asahi Kasei. He received a silver medal in the half lightweight (65 kg) division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[1] He is world champion from 1993, and received a silver medal at the 1995 World Championships.

As of 2008, He coaches judo at Asahi Kasei with his brothers. Among their pupil are world champion Hiroshi Izumi, Masato Uchishiba and so on.

References

  1. "1996 Summer Olympics Atlanta, USA Judo" Archived 7 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 30 November 2008)


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