Ayumi Tanimoto Explained

Country:Japan
Weight Class:–63 kg
Worlds Rank:2
Worlds Year:2005
Worlds Weight:Women's 63 kg
Regionals Type:AS
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:2001
Regionals Year2:2002
Regionals Weight2:Women's 63 kg
Regionals Year3:2004
Olympics Rank:1
Olympics Year:2004
Olympics Weight:Women's 63 kg
Olympics Year2:2008
Olympics Weight2:Women's 63 kg
Updated:30 May 2023

born 4 August 1981, in Anjo, Aichi, is a Japanese judoka. She was coached by Toshihiko Koga, who is a gold medalist at the Barcelona Olympics and a silver medalist at the Atlanta Olympics Men's Judo.Tanimoto won the Women's 63 kg category gold medal at the Athens Olympics in 2004 and at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

In September 2005, she won the silver medal at the World judo championships in Cairo, Egypt.

Retirement

Tanimoto retired from competitive judo in September 2010.[1] In 2015, she became the assistant manager of Komatsu's judo club.[2] For the Rio 2016 Olympics, she was a coach for the women's judo team.[3] She is completing a postgraduate degree at Hirosaki University, and listed as a women's junior coach for the All Japan Judo Federation.[4] Additionally, she was a board member of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee.[5] [6]

See also

References

  1. Web site: Ayumi Tanimoto Retiring from Judo Competition. Komatsu Limited. 21 September 2010. 30 September 2017.
  2. Web site: History of the Women's Judo Club. Komatsu Limited. 30 September 2017.
  3. Web site: 柔道日本選手団. Japan's Judo Team. Japanese Olympic Committee. 30 September 2017.
  4. Web site: 強化委員会. Strengthening Committee. All Japan Judo Federation. 1 April 2017. 30 September 2017.
  5. News: Tokyo Olympic organizing committee gets 28 new members, including seven women. The Japan Times. Masaaki. Kameda. 17 March 2014. 30 September 2017.
  6. Web site: Executive Board Members. Tokyo 2020. 25 September 2017. 30 September 2017.

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