Hikari Sasaki
Hikari Sasaki (born October 4, 1967 ) is a former Japanese judoka .
Hikari Sasaki won the 1985 Asian Middleweight Championships in Kuwait. At the 1987 World Championships in Essen, she lost to the French Brigitte Deydier in the semi-finals , while Sasaki defeated the Dutch Chantal Han in the battle for a bronze medal .
In 1988, judo competitions for women were offered as part of the demonstration competitions at the Olympic Games in Seoul. Sasaki defeated the Algerian Samia Hachemi in the quarter-finals and the Austrian Roswitha Hartl in the semi-finals. The Japanese won the final against Brigitte Deydier after 2:27 minutes.
At the 1989 World Championships in Belgrade , she defeated the Cuban Odalis Revé in the semifinals , and in the final she was defeated by the Italian Emanuela Pierantozzi and received the silver medal. In 1992 Sasaki won the All-Japanese Championships against Ryōko Fujimoto , and Fujimoto started at the Olympic Games in Barcelona.
literature
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 .
Web links
- Tournament results at judoinside.com
Footnotes
- ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
- ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 – Atlanta 1996 . P. 228
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| SURNAME | Sasaki, Hikari |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese judoka |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th October 1967 |