is a Japanese

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who won a gold medal at the 2017 World Judo Championships in

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and a gold medal at the

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. He is the son of a Japanese mother, Mikako, and an

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father, James, who teaches English at a Japanese university. Wolf became the first athlete of U.S. descent to win the All-Japan Openweight Judo Championships with his victory on 29 April, 2019. On 15 May 2019 he was promoted to 5th dan. He successfully qualified to represent Japan at the

, and won the gold medal in the 100 kg competition at the 2020 Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

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* * * 1996 births Living people Japanese male judoka Japanese people of American descent People from Katsushika World judo champions Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of Japan Olympic gold medalists for Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in judo {{Japan-judo-bio-stub