Atsuko Nagai ( Jap. 長 井 淳 子 , January 14, 1974 , Ageo ) - Japanese judoist in the super lightweight category, played for the Japanese national team throughout the 1990s. Two-time champion of Asia, champion of the East Asian Games, champion of the summer Universida in Palma de Mallorca, winner of many tournaments of national and international importance. Also known as judo trainer.
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| Citizenship |  Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | January 14, 1974 (aged 45) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Ageo , Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth | 155 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight category | super light (up to 48 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Atsuko Nagai was born on January 14, 1974 in the city of Ageo , Saitama Prefecture . She began to actively engage in judo in the second grade of elementary school, later she was trained in the student team while studying at the University of Saitama, she was a member of the judo team at the Komatsu engineering company. She trained under the guidance of the 1984 Olympic Games bronze medalist Seiki Nose and Yoshiyuki Matsuoka, the champion of these Games [1] [2] .
First announced itself in the 1992 season, having received a bronze medal at an open international tournament in London and a silver medal at the Junior World Championships in Buenos Aires. The first serious success at the adult international level was in 1993, when she got into the main team of the Japanese national team and visited the Asian Championship in Macau, from where she brought the silver dignity award won in the super lightweight category - the only defeat in the final was from Chinese woman Tan Likhon . Two years later, she nevertheless won the championship title, taking the upper hand over all rivals of the Asian championship in New Delhi. However, in the Asian championships of the next two years in Ho Chi Minh City and Manila, she was the second time both times, losing to the South Korean judokas in the final. In addition, thanks to a series of successful performances in the 1997 season, she was awarded the right to defend the country's honor at the East Asian Games in Busan and, as a result, received a gold medal here.
As a student, in 1999 Nagai went to defend the country's honor at the Summer Universiade in Palma de Mallorca, where she defeated all her opponents and won gold. The following season, she won the home Asian championship in Osaka and tried to qualify for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, but she could not do this, losing the more successful Ryoko Tamura in the competition. Their confrontation with Tamura lasted for many years, in total they met on the tatami ten times, and in all ten cases, Tamura turned out to be the winner in this confrontation (although she never managed to win with the ippon ). After Tamura won the Sydney Olympics, Atsuko Nagai decided to end the career of a professional athlete and switched to coaching [3] .
Since 2008, she has been working as a judo trainer in the Komatsu Limited team, one of her wards Ayumi Tanimoto is a two-time Olympic welterweight champion [4] [5] .
Notes
- ↑ Sports Click , ベ ー ス ボ ー ル マ ガ ジ ン 社. Archived on April 5, 2009.
- ↑ コ マ ツ 柔道 部 , Komatsu Limited .
- ↑ 朝日 新聞 2000 年 12 月 17 日, Asahi Shimbun .
- ↑ ス ポ ー ツ 指導 者 海外 研修 員 JOC 2009 年 8 月 22 日 閲 覧
- ↑ 2006 年度 上 月 ス ポ ー ツ 賞 表彰 式 Archived October 23, 2008.全 日本 柔道 連 盟 2007 年 2 月 15 日
Links
- Atsuko Nagai - profile on judoinside.com