Tadanori Koshino Explained

Country:Japan
Weight Class:‍–‍60 kg
Worlds Rank:1
Worlds Year:1991
Regionals Type:AS
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:1988
Regionals Year2:1990
Olympics Rank:3
Olympics Year:1992
Olympics Weight:Men's 60 kg
Updated:4 June 2023

is a retired judoka who competed in the 60 kg division.

Biography

Koshino began learning judo with a local sports team while he was in elementary school, and became the Hokkaidō Prefecture champion for his weight class in junior-high school.[1] He placed third in the inter-highschool tournament during his senior year, and entered Tōkai University in 1985.[1] He won the Shoriki Cup twice while attending the university, and joined the Toyo Suisan corporation after graduating.[1] He won the Kodokan Cup for 4 consecutive years from 1989 to 1992 and All-Japan Weight Class Judo Championships for 3 consecutive years from 1989 to 1991,[2] and placed second in the World Judo Championships in 1989 before winning the world championships in 1991. He retired from competitive judo after finishing with a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He became an instructor for the International Budo University in April, 1993.

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Notes and References

  1. News: BASEBALL MAGAZINESHA. Sports Click : 柔道 - 1st Techicical Seminar. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080215201034/http://www.sportsclick.jp/judo/02/index.html. 2008-02-15.
  2. News: 国際武道大学. 国際武道大学教員紹介 越野忠則. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090805144734/http://www.budo-u.ac.jp/outline/p08_teachers/t_koshino.html. 2009-08-05.