Yoshiyuki Matsuoka
Appearance
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Born | 6 March 1957 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | –65 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic Games | (1984) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
World Champ. | (1983) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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IJF | 40616, 10248 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
JudoInside.com | 5424 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Updated on 19 June 2023 |
Yoshiyuki Matsuoka (松岡義之, Matsuoka Yoshiyuki, born on 6 March 1957, in Hyogo, Japan) is a retired judoka from Japan, who represented Japan at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.[1] Matsuoka won the gold medal in the men's half-lightweight division (–65 kg), after having defeated South Korea's Hwang Jung-Oh in the final by Seoi Nage. He trained under 4 time world champion Shozo Fujii (1971–1979).[2][3]
As of 2007, Matsuoka coaches the Komatsu Limited judo club. Among his students are world champions & olympic medalists Ayumi Tanimoto, Miku Tashiro, and Tsukasa Yoshida.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yoshiyuki Matsuoka". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "松岡義之-師弟の夢を叶える金メダル". Sankei Sports.
- ^ "Yoshiyuki Matsuoka Judoka". judoinside.com.
- ^ "Women's judo club". komatsu.jp. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
External links
[edit]- Yoshiyuki Matsuoka at the International Judo Federation
- Yoshiyuki Matsuoka at the International Judo Federation
- Yoshiyuki Matsuoka at JudoInside.com
- Yoshiyuki Matsuoka at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Yoshiyuki Matsuoka at Olympics.com
- Yoshiyuki Matsuoka at The-Sports.org
Categories:
- Japanese male judoka
- Judoka at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka for Japan
- Olympic gold medalists for Japan
- 1957 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Hyōgo Prefecture
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Komatsu Limited
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Japanese sportsmen
- Japanese Olympic medalist stubs
- Japanese judo biography stubs