is a
judoka
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"). ...
from
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, who won the gold medal in the
Open class at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...
in
Montreal. In the final of the Olympic tournament in Canada he defeated
Great Britain's
Keith Remfry.
In 2009 Uemura was elected President of
Kodokan
The , or ''Kōdōkan'' (講道館), is the headquarters of the worldwide judo community. The ''kōdōkan'' was founded in 1882 by Kanō Jigorō, the founder of judo, and is now an eight-story building in Tokyo. Etymology
Literally, ''kō'' ( ...
and awarded the rank of 9th dan.
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1951 births
Living people
Japanese male judoka
Olympic judoka for Japan
Judoka at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Japan
People from Uki, Kumamoto
Sportspeople from Kumamoto Prefecture
Olympic medalists in judo
Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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