Tadanori Koshino

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Tadanori Koshino ( Japanese 越野 忠 則 , Koshino Tadanori ; born April 3, 1966 in Shiranuka , Kushiro sub-prefecture ) is a former Japanese judoka . He was Olympic third in 1992 and world champion in extra light weight in 1991, the weight class up to 60 kilograms.

Athletic career

The 1.59 m tall Tadanori Hoshino won the 1988 Asian Championships in Damascus. At the World Championships in Belgrade in 1989 he reached the final against Amiran Totikashvili from the Soviet Union with victories over the Italian Marino Cattedra in the quarter-finals and the Mongols Dashgombyn Battulga in the semifinals . The Georgian won and Koshino received the silver medal. The following year, Koshino won the title at the Asian Games by beating South Korean Kim Dong-min in the final . At the 1991 World Championships in Barcelona, ​​Koshino won in the quarter-finals against the Spaniard Carlos Sotillo and in the semifinals against Nazim Hüseynov from the Soviet Union. In the final, Koshino met South Korean Yoon Hyun and won the title.

The 1992 Summer Olympics also took place in Barcelona . In his first fight Koshino defeated the Hungarian József Wágner through Ippon, Koshino also won his fights against the Chinese Chen Cailiang and in the quarterfinals against the Austrian Manfred Hiptmair early. In the semifinals he lost to Nazim Hüseynov by Waza-Ari. With an Ippon against the Frenchman Philippe Pradayrol , Tadanori Koshino secured a bronze medal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Asian Games 1990 at judoinside.com
  2. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  3. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 419
personal data
SURNAME Koshino, Tadanori
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese judoka
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Shiranuka , Kushiro Sub-Prefecture