Amina Toyoda Explained

Amina Toyoda
Nationality:Pakistani, Japanese
Birth Date:1999 6, mf=yes
Birth Place:Japan
Sport:Judo
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Amina Toyoda (born: 7 June 1999)[1] is a Pakistani judoka. She competes in the -57kg event.

Family

Toyoda was born in Japan to a Pakistani father, Liaquat and a Japanese mother, Keiko.[2] She speaks Japanese and a bit of English. She is a dual national of Japan and Pakistan.

Career

She began her judo career at the age of five.

National

Toyodo participated for the first time at the National Championships held in Islamabad in 2019.[3] At the National Games held in Peshawar in November 2019, competing for Pakistan Army, she won gold in the open category.[4]

International

Toyoda competed at the Asian Junior Judo Championship held in Sochi, Russia[5] in 2016 where she lost to Minjung Kang of Korea in the bronze match.

Senior

In April 2019, she participated in the Asia-Pacific Judo Championships held in Fujairah, UAE where she finished fifth.[6] Later that year, she was part of the four-member team which competed at the World Judo Championships held in Japan in August 2019. She competed in the -57kg category and lost in the first round[7] by an ippon to Germany's Pauline Starke.[8] October 2019 saw her compete at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam where she lost in the second round by an ippon to Germany's Theresa Stoll. In November she participated in the Osaka Grand Slam where in the second round she again lost by a ippon to US American Leilani Akiyama. In December she competed at the South Asian Games in Kathmandu, Nepal where she won a bronze medal in the -57kg event.[9] Alongside her teammates: Hamid Ali, Shah Hussain Shah, Qaiser Khan, Karamat Butt, Mohammad Hasnain, Nadeem Akram, Beenish Khan, Humaira Ashiq and Asma Rani she also won a silver medal in the mixed team event.[10]

In February 2020, she participated in the Paris Grand Slam 2020 where she lost in the first round to Germany's Ines Beischmidt by an ippon. At the Bratislava European Open 2020 she lost in the first round by a waza-ari to Pole, Anna Dabrowska.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amina Toyoda, Judoka. 2020-11-15. www.judoinside.com.
  2. Web site: September 9, 2016. Narayanan. S.. judoka amina: Japanese or Pakistani? Judoka Amina doesn't care. 2020-11-15. The Times of India. en.
  3. Web site: 2019-04-30. 26th Men and 9th Women National Judo begin today. 2020-11-15. The Nation. en.
  4. Web site: Results: Judo (open) National Games 2019. 2020-11-19. nationalgames2019.pk.
  5. Web site: 2019-04-29. National Women Judo Championship to get under way. 2020-11-15. Associated Press Of Pakistan. en-US.
  6. Web site: National Judo Championships begin today. 2020-11-15. www.thenews.com.pk. en.
  7. Web site: 2019-08-19. Four Pak judokas to crave for medals at World Judo Championships. 2020-11-15. BaaghiTV English. en-US.
  8. Web site: Amina Toyoda (Contests). 2020-11-18. www.ijf.org.
  9. Web site: Judo. 2020-11-15. South Asian Games Nepal 2019. en-US.
  10. Web site: 2020-05-14. SAG medallists of judo and karate awarded. 2020-11-16. dawn.com. en.