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Born | (1951-02-14) 14 February 1951 (age 73) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | +95 kg, Open | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 9th dan black belt | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic Games | (1976) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
World Champ. | (1975) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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IJF | 54447 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
JudoInside.com | 5497 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Updated on 21 June 2023 |
Haruki Uemura (上村 春樹, Uemura Haruki, born 14 February 1951 in Uki, Kumamoto) is a judoka from Japan, who won the gold medal in the Open class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. In the final of the Olympic tournament in Canada he defeated Great Britain's Keith Remfry. In 2009 Uemura was elected President of Kodokan and awarded the rank of 9th dan.
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External links
- Haruki Uemura at the International Judo Federation
- Haruki Uemura at JudoInside.com
- Haruki Uemura at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Haruki Uemura at Olympics.com
- Haruki Uemura at Olympedia
- Haruki Uemura at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Haruki Uemura at The-Sports.org
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