Haruki Uemura
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| Born | 14 February 1951 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| +95 kg, Open | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9th dan black belt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 (1976) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1975) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| IJF | 54447 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 5497 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 21 June 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1] 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.
Awards and honors
- 2025 - Person of Cultural Merit[2]
References
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Haruki Uemura". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ↑ "王貞治氏ら8人に文化勲章 功労者に坂茂氏ら". The Nikkei (in Japanese). 18 October 2025. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
External links
- Haruki Uemura at the International Judo Federation
- Haruki Uemura at JudoInside.com
- Haruki Uemura at Olympics.com
- Haruki Uemura at Olympedia
- Haruki Uemura at InterSportStats
- Haruki Uemura at The-Sports.org
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Categories:
- 1951 births
- Living people
- Japanese male judoka
- Olympic judoka for Japan
- Judoka at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Japan
- People from Uki, Kumamoto
- Persons of Cultural Merit
- Martial artists from Kumamoto Prefecture
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Japanese sportsmen
- Japanese Olympic medalist stubs
- Japanese judo biography stubs