Takako Kobayashi
Takako Kobayashi ( Japanese 小 林貴子 Kobayashi, Takako ; born April 2, 1968 in Kyoto Prefecture ) is a former Japanese judoka . She was third in the 1989 World Cup.
Athletic career
Takako Kobayashi fought in the light middleweight division, the weight class up to 61 kilograms. From 1989 to 1992 she won the Japanese championships four times in a row.
In 1987 she defeated her compatriot Noriko Mochida in the final of the Fukuoka Cup . At the 1989 World Championships she lost to the German Gabriele Ritschel in the round of 16 . With three wins in the round of hope she reached the battle for a bronze medal, which she won against Gordana Tosinović from Yugoslavia. At the end of 1989 she won the Fukuoka Cup for the second time, as she defeated Noriko Mochida in the final two years earlier.
In early 1990 Kobayashi won the Tournoi de Paris , defeating Yael Arad from Israel in the final. At the Asian Games in Beijing in 1990 Kobayashi lost in the final to the Chinese Jin Xianglan . In 1991 Kobayashi retired from the World Championships in Barcelona in their opening match against Yael Arad. In 1992, Kobayashi finished fifth at the Tournoi de Paris. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, women's judo was on the official program for the first time. Takako Kobayashi lost her opening match against the Spanish woman Begoña Gómez with a small rating (yuko).
Web links
- Tournament results at judoinside.com
- Takako Kobayashi in the database of Olympedia.org (English)
Footnotes
- ↑ Career overview at judoinside.com
- ↑ Fukuoka Cup 1987 at judoinside.com
- ↑ a b match balance at judoinside.com
- ↑ Fukuoka Cup 1989 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Asian Games 1990 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 427
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kobayashi, Takako |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese judoka |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2nd, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kyoto prefecture |