Mami Umeki Explained

Mami Umeki
Nationality:Japanese
Birth Date:6 December 1994
Birth Place:Oita, Japan
Native Name Lang:ja
Height:1.74 m
Country:Japan
Weight Class:78 kg
Worlds Rank:1
Worlds Year:2015
Worlds Weight:Women's 78 kg
Regionals Type:AS
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:2015
Regionals Year2:2022
Olympics Rank:R16
Olympics Year:2016
Olympics Weight:Women's 78 kg
Updated:25 September 2023

is a female Japanese judoka.

Umeki started judo at the age of 9.[1] Her favorite techniques are Osoto Gari and Sankaku Jime.[1]

Umeki won the gold medal in the 78 kg weight class at the 2011 World Judo Juniors Championships in Cape Town.[1]

In 2015, Umeki won the gold medal in the Half-heavyweight division (78 kg) at the 2015 World Judo Championships, at the age of 20.[2]

In 2021, Umeki won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Tashkent held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[3]

Umeki won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Paris held in Paris, France.

Notes and References

  1. News: Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. 近代柔道 2015年4月号 柔道全日本強化選手名鑑 2015 -. 20 April 2015.
  2. http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2015/08/29/kiji/K20150829011023640.html 梅木、初出場で金!20歳の"モー娘"が快挙達成!
  3. News: Houston. Michael. 7 March 2021. Kageura and Sone among winners as Japanese judoka dominate last day of Tashkent Grand Slam. InsideTheGames.biz. live. 7 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210307213437/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1105098/tashkent-grand-slam-day-three-japan. 7 March 2021.