Yukimasa Nakamura

Yukimasa Nakamura
Personal information
Born (1972-08-28) 28 August 1972
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryJapan
SportJudo
‍–‍65 kg, ‍–‍66 kg
Achievements and titles
2nd place, silver medalist(s) (1996)
1st place, gold medalist(s) (1993)
1st place, gold medalist(s) (1994, 1998, 2000)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1996 Atlanta‍–‍65 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1993 Hamilton‍–‍65 kg
Silver medal – second place1995 Chiba‍–‍65 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place1994 Hiroshima‍–‍65 kg
Gold medal – first place1998 Bangkok‍–‍66 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2000 Osaka‍–‍66 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place1990 Dijon‍–‍65 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF53084
JudoInside.com1472
Updated on 4 June 2023

Yukimasa Nakamura (中村 行成, Nakamura Yukimasa; born 28 August 1972) is a Japanese judoka, Olympic medalist and world champion. His older brother, Yoshio Nakamura and younger brother, Kenzo Nakamura are also former world champions.

He is from Fukuoka, Fukuoka. After graduation from Tokai University, He belonged to Asahi Kasei. He received a silver medal in the half lightweight (65 kg) division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[1][2] He is world champion from 1993, and received a silver medal at the 1995 World Championships.

As of 2008, He coaches judo at Asahi Kasei with his brothers. Among their pupil are world champion Hiroshi Izumi, Masato Uchishiba and so on.

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yukimasa Nakamura". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, USA – Judo" Archived 7 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 30 November 2008)
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