Phil Takahashi

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Philip "Phil" Masato Takahashi (born June 12, 1957 in Toronto ; died June 15, 2020 in Ottawa ) was a Canadian judoka . In 1981 he was third in the World Cup, twice he was third in the Pan American Games.

Athletic career

The 1.57 m tall Phil Takahashi fought in the super lightweight, the weight class up to 60 kilograms. He was Canadian champion ten times in this weight class: 1977, from 1979 to 1986 and 1988. At the Pan American Games in 1979 in San Juan, he won his first international medal with bronze. At the 1979 World Championships he was eliminated in the round of 16 against the South Korean Gwak U-jong . In 1980 he won the Pan American Championships. He could not take part in the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow because of the Olympic boycott.

At the 1981 World Championships in Maastricht, Takahashi reached the semifinals with a victory over the British Gavin Bell . After a loss to Pavel Petřikov from Czechoslovakia, he defeated the French Eric Maurel in the battle for a bronze medal . In 1982 Takahashi took third place at the World Student Championships. At the Pan American Championships in 1982 he won the title like two years earlier. In 1983, like 1979, he won a bronze medal at the Pan American Games . At the World Championships in Moscow he was eliminated in the round of 16 against Ed Liddie from the United States. 1984 at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles he retired in his opening fight against the Brazilian Luiz Shinohara by referee decision (yusei-gachi).

1985 Phil Takahashi retired at the World Championships in Seoul in the round of 16 against Chasret Tlezeri from the Soviet Union. At the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Takahashi won a bronze medal. Two years later, at the end of his career, he took part in the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. In his opening fight he was defeated by the Algerian Ali Idir after 1:33 minutes.

Phil Takahashi comes from a family in which many had dedicated themselves to martial arts, his parents were eighth or sixth Dan. His brother Ray Takahashi took part in the Olympic Games as a wrestler. After his career, Phil Takahashi worked as a judo trainer in Saskatchewan before returning to Ottawa and teaching at the family's Takahashi Dojo. The carrier of the seventh dan died of cancer at the age of 63.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b c match balance at judoinside.com
  2. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 952
  3. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 105
personal data
SURNAME Takahashi, Phil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Takahashi, Philip Masato (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian judoka
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto
DATE OF DEATH June 15, 2020
Place of death Ottawa