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]
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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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Olympedia
- Yoshiyuki Matsuoka at The-Sports.org
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