Mami Umeki

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Mami Umeki
Personal information
Native name梅木 真美
NationalityJapanese
Born (1994-12-06) 6 December 1994 (age 26)
Oita, Japan
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportJudo
Weight class–78 kg

Mami Umeki (梅木 真美, Umeki Mami, born 6 December 1994) is a female Japanese judoka.

She started judo at the age of 9.[1]

Her favorite techniques are Osoto Gari and Sankaku Jime.[1]

In 2011, she won the gold medal in the −78 kg weight class at the World Judo Championships Juniors in Cape Town.[1]

In 2015, she won the gold medal in the Half-heavyweight (78 kg) division at the 2015 World Judo Championships at the age of 20.[2]

In 2021, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Tashkent held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "近代柔道 2015年4月号 柔道全日本強化選手名鑑 2015 -". Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. 20 April 2015.
  2. ^ 梅木、初出場で金!20歳の“モー娘”が快挙達成! Sports Nippon 29 August 2015
  3. ^ Houston, Michael (7 March 2021). "Kageura and Sone among winners as Japanese judoka dominate last day of Tashkent Grand Slam". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.

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