Saki Niizoe Explained

Saki Niizoe
Native Name:新添左季
Birth Date:1996 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Kashihara, Nara, Japan
Country:Japan
Weight Class:70 kg
Olympics Rank:7
Olympics Year:2024
Olympics Weight:Women's 70 kg
Worlds Rank:1
Worlds Year:2023
Worlds Weight:Women's 70 kg
Regionals Type:AS
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:2018
Regionals Weight:Women's 70 kg
Regionals Year2:2024
Updated:5 August 2024

Saki Niizoe (born 4 July 1996)[1] [2] is a Japanese judoka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 70kg event at the 2022 World Judo Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She won the gold medal in the women's 70kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[2]

In 2017, she won two medals at the Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan.[3] In the same year, she won the gold medal in the mixed team event at the 2017 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She also won the gold medal in the mixed team event at the 2021 World Judo Championships, also held in Budapest, Hungary.

She won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Paris held in Paris, France. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 70kg event at the 2022 World Judo Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Saki Niizoe. 16 October 2020. Judo Inside.
  2. Web site: Judo Results Book. 2018 Asian Games. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200524212848/http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/4/87/AG2018_OfficialResultBook_Judo_v1.0.pdf. 24 May 2020. 24 May 2020.
  3. Web site: Judo Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20191116163139/https://data.2017.gov.taipei/001/HamaTestUpload/123/636421308491480582.pdf. 16 November 2019. 22 November 2020. 2017 Summer Universiade.