is a Japanese
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"). ...
. Harasawa was considered a staple of Japanese heavyweight judo throughout the 2010s decade.
He competed at the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
in
Rio de Janeiro
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, in the
men's +100 kg. where he won the silver medal on the final against gold medal winner
Teddy Riner
Teddy Pierre-Marie Riner (, ; born 7 April 1989) is a French judoka. He has won ten World Championships gold medals, the first and only judoka (male or female) to do so, and three Olympic gold medals (two individual, one team). He has also won ...
.
After being seeded #2 for the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
in Tokyo, Harasawa once again faced Teddy Riner, this time for the
men's +100 kg bronze medal. Riner defeated Harasawa by ippon.
[https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/tokyo-2020/results/judo]
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1992 births
Living people
Japanese male judoka
Olympic judoka of Japan
Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Japan
Olympic medalists in judo
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Nihon University alumni
Sportspeople from Yamaguchi Prefecture
Universiade medalists in judo
People from Shimonoseki
World judo champions
Universiade gold medalists for Japan
Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
21st-century Japanese people
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