Mika Sugimoto

Mika Sugimoto ( Japanese 杉 本 美 香 Sugimoto Mika ; born August 27, 1984 in Itami ) is a former Japanese judoka . She was second in the heavyweight division in 2012.

Athletic career

The 1.65 m tall Mika Sugimoto won the silver medal in the open class at the Universiade in 2003. In the final she was defeated by the Chinese Xue Fuyan . Also in the final of the open class at the Asian Championships in 2004 she was defeated by a Chinese woman, this time Xu Lihui won . A year later in Tashkent Sugimoto won both in the heavyweight division against the Chinese Yu Song and in the open class against the Kazakh woman Sagat Abikeeva . In 2007 she won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the Universiade. At the Asian Championships in 2008 she won the final of the open class over the South Korean Cho Hye-jin . At the end of 2008, World Championships in the open class took place in Paris, this weight class is not offered at the Olympic Games. Sugimoto won a bronze medal after losing to Russian Yelena Iwaschtschenko in the semifinals .

In September 2010 the World Championships took place in Tokyo. Sugimoto won the quarter-finals against the Chinese Liu Huanyuan in the heavyweight division , the semi-finals against the Cuban Idalys Ortíz and the final against the Chinese Qin Qian . The open class was held four days after the heavyweight division. Sugimoto won in the round of 16 against Idalys Ortíz, in the quarter-finals against the Mongolian Dordschgotowyn Tserenchand and in the semi-finals against the Frenchwoman Celine Lebrun . As in the heavyweight division, she defeated Qin Qian in the final. Two months later, Sugimoto met Qin Qian again in the 2010 Asian Games heavyweight final and the Japanese won again.

At the 2011 World Championships in Paris , only the heavyweight division was played, Sugimoto lost to Qin Qian in the semi-finals and won a bronze medal against her compatriot Megumi Tachimoto . Two months later, World Championships in the open class took place in Tyumen. After losing to Chinese Tong Wen in the semi-finals , Sugimoto won the bronze medal against Qin Qian. At the end of her career, Mika Sugimoto started at the 2012 Olympic Games in London . Sugimoto won early in the round of 16 against the Venezuelan Giovanna Blanco and in the quarter-finals against the Brazilian Maria Suelen Altheman . In the semifinals against the British Karina Bryant both had to play the full time of five minutes, the British lost due to a passivity penalty. Cuban Idalys Ortíz won the final through a judge's decision.

Web links

• Mika Sugimoto in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Tournament results at judoinside.com

Footnotes

1. ↑ Universiade 2003 at judoinside.com
2. ↑ Asian Championships 2004 at judoinside.com
3. ↑ Asian Championships 2005 at judoinside.com
4. ↑ Asian Championships 2008 at judoinside.com
5. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
6. ↑ The presentation follows the Olympic database Sports-Reference, but for the decision in the final not the page on Sugimoto, but the page on Ortíz .