Motoki Nishimura
Motoki Nishimura ( Japanese 西村 昌 樹 , Nishimura, Motoki ; born June 8, 1947 in Chiba Prefecture ) is a former Japanese judoka . He was a heavyweight Olympic knight in 1972.
Athletic career
The 1.85 m tall Motoki Nishimura won the heavyweight division at the Universiade in Tokyo in 1967. In 1972 he won the Asian Championships in the open class.
At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, he won his first heavyweight fight against the Swiss Pierre Paris after 1:07 minutes. In his second fight he was defeated by Giwi Onaschwili by referee decision (yusei-gachi). In the hope round he defeated M'Bagnik M'Bodj from Senegal in 1:57 minutes, the Frenchman Jean-Claude Brondani defeated Nishimura by yusei-gachi. The Japanese had reached the semi-finals, where he was defeated by yusei-gachi to Willem Ruska from the Netherlands and received a bronze medal.
Web links
- Motoki Nishimura in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Tournament results at judoinside.com
Footnotes
- ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 281f
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nishimura, Motoki |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese judoka |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chiba prefecture |