Yukimasa Nakamura ( Jap. 中 村 行 成 , August 28, 1972 , Fukuoka ) is a Japanese judoka of the featherweight category, he played for the Japanese national team throughout the 1990s. Silver medalist of the Atlanta Summer Olympics, world champion, two-time Asian Games champion, Asian champion, winner of many tournaments of national and international importance. Also known as judo trainer.
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| Citizenship |  Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | August 28, 1972 (aged 47) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Fukuoka , Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 172 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight category | lightweight (up to 66 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Yukimasa Nakamura was born on August 28, 1972 in Fukuoka . He began to actively engage in judo from early childhood, was trained along with the brothers Yoshio and Kenzo , who later also became quite famous judokas. After graduating from school, he entered Tokyo University, then worked at the chemical company Asahi Kasei [1] .
He achieved his first serious success at the adult international level in 1993, when he joined the main squad of the Japanese national team and attended the World Championships in Hamilton, Canada, from where he brought the golden dignity prize won in the featherweight category. A year later, he performed at the Asian Home Games in Hiroshima, where he also defeated all rivals and won a gold medal. A year later, at the world home championship in Chiba, he received silver, losing in the final to the German Udo Quellmaltz .
Thanks to a series of successful performances, he was awarded the right to defend the country's honor at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta . In the semi-lightweight category, he successively defeated all rivals on the way to the finals, including Russian Islam Matsiev . In the decisive fight, however, Udo Kwellmaltz lost again and received a silver Olympic medal.
After the Olympics in Atlanta, Nakamura remained in the main part of the judo team of Japan and continued to take part in major international tournaments. So, in 1998, he became the champion of the Asian Games in Bangkok, gaining the upper hand over all opponents in featherweight. In the 2000 season, he was also the best in his weight division at the Asian home championship in Osaka. Being one of the leaders of the Japanese national team, he successfully qualified for the Olympic Games in Sydney - this time he performed less successfully, managed to reach only the second round, where he was defeated by Dutchman Patrick van Kalken . In the comforting meetings for the third place, he was not successful either, in the semifinal he lost to the Iranian Arash Miresmaeyli .
Subsequently, he participated in judo tournaments for another two years, but at the international level he did not achieve any significant achievements. Currently, he works with his brothers as a judo trainer, in particular, among his students, world champion Hiroshi Izumi and two-time Olympic champion Masato Utishiba [2] .
Notes
- ↑ 柔道 技 バ イ ブ ル 歴 戦 の 柔道 家 が 明 か す ワ ザ の 極 極 - 中 村 佳 央 6 段 の 「十字 固 め」 -, Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd (August 20, 2007). ISBN 978-4583100470
- ↑ 旭 化成 株式会社 柔道 部 - 選手 ・ ス タ ッ フ 紹 介 - , Asahi Kasei. Archived February 17, 2010.
Links
- Yukimasa Nakamura - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Yukimasa Nakamura - profile on judoinside.com