Noriko Anno Explained

Birth Place:Fukue, Yamaguchi, Japan
Country:Japan
Weight Class:72 kg, +72 kg, 78 kg
Worlds Rank:1
Worlds Year:1997
Worlds Weight:Women's 72 kg
Worlds Year2:1999
Worlds Weight2:Women's 78 kg
Worlds Year3:2001
Worlds Weight3:Women's 78 kg
Worlds Year4:2003
Worlds Weight4:Women's 78 kg
Regionals Type:AS
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:1994
Olympics Rank:1
Olympics Year:2004
Olympics Weight:Women's 78 kg
Updated:31 May 2023

Noriko Anno (Japanese: 阿武 教子, born 23 May 1976, in Fukue, Yamaguchi[1]) is a Japanese judoka who won the gold medal in the women's 78 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She is a four times World Champion, having won the championships in 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003.

Anno married judoka Ryuji Sonoda in 2010.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: . アテネ五輪特集 選手名鑑-柔道- . 2009-01-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173420/http://www.sanspo.com/athens2004/judo/player/player.html#noriko_anno . 2016-03-03 . dead .
  2. Web site: 柔道の園田と阿武が結婚/金メダリスト同士. Shikoku News. ja. 2010-01-05. 2019-11-25.