Hisayoshi Harasawa (原沢 久喜, Harasawa Hisayoshi, born 3 July 1992) is a Japanese judoka.[1][2] Harasawa was considered a staple of Japanese heavyweight judo throughout the 2010s decade.[citation needed]
He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's +100 kg.[3] where he won the silver medal on the final against gold medal winner Teddy Riner.
After being seeded #2 for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Harasawa once again faced Teddy Riner, this time for the men's +100 kg bronze medal. Riner defeated Harasawa by ippon.[4]
References edit
- ^ IJF profile
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hisayoshi Harasawa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
- ^ "Hisayoshi Harasawa". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/tokyo-2020/results/judo
External links edit
Media related to Hisayoshi Harasawa at Wikimedia Commons
- Hisayoshi Harasawa at the International Judo Federation
- Hisayoshi Harasawa at JudoInside.com
- Hisayoshi Harasawa at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Hisayoshi Harasawa at Olympics.com
- Hisayoshi Harasawa at Olympedia
- Hisayoshi Harasawa at The-Sports.org
- Hisayoshi Harasawa on Instagram
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