Hifumi Abe
is a Japanese judoka. Abe rose to prominence after becoming Youth Olympic champion in 2014. He won the Tokyo Grand Slam later that year, at just 17-years-old, beating then-World Champion Masashi Ebinuma. He was the silver medalist at the junior World Championships in Fort Lauderdale. Abe is the current national half-lightweight champion at the All-Japan Judo Championships and won the gold medal in the 66 kg competition at the 2020 Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. Early life Abe began training judo in 2003, at the age of 6, in his hometown of Kōbe in Hyōgo prefecture. He began competing in elementary school. His father, Koji, is a firefighter at the Kobe City Fire Department. He was often thrown by Nami Nabekura when they were in elementary school. He said, "such an experience made me what I am". His name in kanji reads, "one, two, three". Abe won his first national tournament while attending Kobe Ikuta junior high school, winning in the under 55 kg category. He then em ...
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Kobe
Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, which makes up the southern side of the main island of Honshū, on the north shore of Osaka Bay. It is part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kyoto. The Kobe city centre is located about west of Osaka and southwest of Kyoto. The earliest written records regarding the region come from the '' Nihon Shoki'', which describes the founding of the Ikuta Shrine by Empress Jingū in AD 201.Ikuta Shrine official website
– "History of Ikuta Shrine" (Japanese)
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2023 World Judo Championships – Men's 66 Kg
The Men's 66 kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships was held at the Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena in Doha, Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sh ... on 8 May 2023. Results Finals Repechage Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Prize money The sums listed bring the total prizes awarded to €57,000 for the individual event. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:2023 World Judo Championships - Men's 66 kg M66 World Judo Championships Men's Half Lightweight ...
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2022 Judo Grand Slam Budapest
The 2022 Judo Grand Slam Budapest was held at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary, from 8 to 10 July 2022 as part of the IJF World Tour and during the 2024 Summer Olympics qualification period. Event videos The event were aired on the IJF YouTube channel. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Source Results Medal table Prize money The sums written are per medalist, bringing the total prizes awarded to 154,000€. (retrieved from: ) References External links * {{Authority control 2022 IJF World Tour 2022 Judo Grand Slam Judo Grand Slam 2022 Judo Judo Judo is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...

2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya
The 2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya was held at the Antalya Arena in Antalya, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ... from 1 to 3 April 2021. Medal summary Men's events Source Results Women's events Source Results Medal table Event videos The event will air freely on the IJF YouTube channel. References External links * Results
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2020 Judo Grand Slam Düsseldorf
The 2020 Judo Grand Slam Düsseldorf was held at the ISS Dome in Düsseldorf, Germany from 21 to 23 February 2020. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Source Results Medal table References External links * {{Authority control 2020 IJF World Tour 2020 Judo Grand Slam Grand Slam Judo Judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ... Judo, European Championships ...
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2019 Judo Grand Slam Osaka
The 2019 Judo Grand Slam Osaka was held in Osaka, Japan from 22 to 24 November 2019. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Source Results Medal table References External links * {{Authority control 2019 IJF World Tour 2019 Judo Grand Slam Judo Grand Slam, 2019 Judo Judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ...

2018 Judo Grand Slam Ekaterinburg
The 2018 Judo Grand Slam was held in Ekaterinburg, Russia, from 17 to 18 March 2018. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Source Results Medal table References External links * {{IJF World Tour Russia 2018 IJF World Tour 2018 Judo Grand Slam Judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ...

2017 Judo Grand Slam Tokyo
The 2017 edition of the Judo Grand Slam Tokyo was held in Tokyo, Japan, from 2 to 3 December 2017. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Source Results Medal table References External links * {{IJF World Tour Japan 2017 IJF World Tour 2017 Judo Grand Slam Judo Judo 2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

2017 Judo Grand Slam Paris
The 2017 Judo Grand Slam Paris was held in Paris, France, from 11 to 12 February 2017. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Source Results Medal table References External links * {{IJF World Tour Paris 2017 IJF World Tour 2017 Judo Grand Slam Judo Judo 2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

2016 Judo Grand Slam Tokyo
The 2016 edition of the Judo Grand Slam Tokyo was held in Tokyo, Japan, from 2 to 4 December 2016. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Source Results Medal table References External links * {{IJF World Tour Japan 2016 IJF World Tour 2016 Judo Grand Slam Judo Judo 2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

2016 Judo Grand Slam Tyumen
The 2016 Judo Grand Slam was held in Tyumen, Russia, from 16 to 17 July 2016. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Source Results Medal table References External links * {{IJF World Tour Russia 2016 IJF World Tour 2016 Judo Grand Slam Judo Grand Slam Tyumen 2016 Judo Judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ...

2014 Judo Grand Slam Tokyo
The 2014 Judo Grand Slam Tokyo was held in Tokyo, Japan, from 5 to 7 December 2014. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Source Results Medal table References External links * {{IJF World Tour Japan 2014 IJF World Tour 2014 Judo Grand Slam Judo Grand Slam, 2015 Judo Judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ...