Masae Ueno

Masae Ueno
Personal information
Born (1979-01-17) 17 January 1979
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryJapan
SportJudo
–70 kg
Achievements and titles
1st place, gold medalist(s) (2004, 2008)
1st place, gold medalist(s) (2001, 2003)
1st place, gold medalist(s) (2000, 2004, 2006,
2008)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2004 Athens‍–‍70 kg
Gold medal – first place2008 Beijing‍–‍70 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2001 Munich‍–‍70 kg
Gold medal – first place2003 Osaka‍–‍70 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2006 Doha‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place2002 Busan‍–‍70 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2000 Osaka‍–‍70 kg
Gold medal – first place2004 Almaty‍–‍70 kg
Gold medal – first place2008 Jeju‍–‍70 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF4246
JudoInside.com7805
Updated on 30 May 2023

Masae Ueno (上野 雅恵, Ueno Masae; born 17 January 1979) is a Japanese judoka who competed in the Athens 2004 Olympics and the Beijing 2008 Olympics.[1] Ueno was born in Asahikawa Hokkaidō. In 2004, she earned Japan's fifth Olympic Gold Medal in ten events, winning the ‍–‍70 kg women's judo event. She also won the Olympic Gold Medal in 2008.[2]

Ueno has two younger sisters who are also judokas. Yoshie Ueno became World champion in 2009 and Tomoe Ueno became World junior champion in 2006.

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Masae Ueno". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Yahoo Sports – Sports News, Scores, Rumors, Fantasy Games, and more". Yahoo Sports. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011.
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