Shinji Hosokawa

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Shinji Hosokawa ( Japanese 細 川 伸 二 , Hosokawa, Shinji ; born January 2, 1960 in Hyōgo Prefecture ) is a former Japanese judoka . He was Olympic champion in 1984 and world champion in extra light weight in 1985, in the weight class up to 60 kilograms.

The 1.57 m tall Hosokawa won the 1978 and 1980 student world championships. In the next few years he won several international tournaments, his first major international championship was the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles . After two Ippons victories in the first two fights, he defeated the Italian Felice Mariani in the quarterfinals with a juko rating. In the semifinals against the Briton Neil Eckersley , Hosokawa only needed 51 seconds. In the final, Hosokawa won through Ippon after 1:09 minutes against the South Korean Kim Jae-yup .

At the 1985 World Championships in Seoul , Hosokawa won the semifinals over the Hungarian Tamás Bujkó and in the final over the German Peter Jupke . Two years later at the 1987 World Championships in Essen , the Japanese won the semifinals against the Brazilian Sergio Pessoa , in the final he was defeated by Kim Jae-yup.

Hosokawa's last major international tournament was the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul . He won his first three fights through Ippon, but lost in the semifinals to Kevin Asano from the United States by a referee decision (Yusei-Gachi). In the battle for bronze he defeated Sheu Tsay-chwan from Taiwan after 1:08 minutes.

Shinji Hosokawa holds the 8th Dan. He trained the three-time Olympic champion Tadahiro Nomura and was a member of various commissions of the International Judo Federation .

literature

  • Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 .
  • Volker Kluge: Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 .

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. p. 952
  2. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  3. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. p. 105
personal data
SURNAME Hosokawa, Shinji
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese judoka
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd January 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Hyogo Prefecture