born August 4, 1981, in

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. She was coached by

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Men's Judo. Tanimoto won the Women's -63 kg category gold medal at the Athens Olympics in 2004 and at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. In September 2005, she won the silver medal at the World judo championship games in

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Retirement

Tanimoto retired from competitive judo in September 2010. In 2015, she became the assistant manager of Komatsu's judo club. For the

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, she was a coach for the women's judo team. She is completing a postgraduate degree at Hirosaki University, and listed as a women's junior coach for the

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. Additionally, she was a board member of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee.

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Videos of Ayumi Tanimoto
(judovision.org) 1981 births Living people People from Anjō Japanese female judoka Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of Japan Olympic gold medalists for Japan Sportspeople from Aichi Prefecture University of Tsukuba alumni Olympic medalists in judo Asian Games medalists in judo Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2002 Asian Games Judoka at the 2006 Asian Games Komatsu Limited Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-judo-bio-stub

Retirement

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