Maki Tsukada | |
Birth Date: | 5 January 1982 |
Country: | Japan |
Weight Class: | +78 kg |
Worlds Rank: | 1 |
Worlds Year: | 2007 |
Worlds Weight: | Women's Open |
Regionals Type: | AS |
Regionals Rank: | 2 |
Regionals Year: | 2002 |
Regionals Weight: | Women's Open |
Olympics Rank: | 1 |
Olympics Year: | 2004 |
Olympics Weight: | Women's +78 kg |
Updated: | 30 May 2023 |
(born 5 January 1982) is a Japanese judoka, who was born in Shimotsuma, Ibaraki Prefecture.She won the Women's +78 kg category gold medal at the Athens Olympics in 2004 and the silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
In September 2003, Tsukada won the silver medal at the World championships in Osaka, Japan.In September 2005, she won the bronze medal at the World championships in Cairo, Egypt. She won gold at the 2007 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.