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Uta Abe
Personal information
Native name阿部 詩
NationalityJapanese
Born (2000-07-14) 14 July 2000 (age 24)
Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
OccupationJudoka
Height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Sport
Country Japan
SportJudo
Weight class–52 kg
Rank     3rd dan black belt
ClubNippon Sport Science University
TeamAll-Japan National Team
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesGold (2020)
World Champ.Gold (2018, 2019, 2022)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo –52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Mixed team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Baku –52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tokyo –52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tashkent –52 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tokyo –52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Paris –52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Osaka –52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Düsseldorf –52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tashkent –52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Kazan –52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Tokyo –52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Osaka –52 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2017 Düsseldorf –52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hohhot –52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Hohhot –52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Zagreb –52 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Zagreb –52 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF35696
JudoInside.com97066
Updated on 7 October 2022

Uta Abe (阿部 詩, Abe Uta, born 14 July 2000 Kobe) is a Japanese judoka.[1] She won the gold medal in the half lightweight event, and silver medal in mixed team, at the 2020 Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[2][3]

Personal life

Uta Abe is the sister of current 66 kg standout judoka, and three-times world champion, Hifumi Abe.[4]

Judo career

Abe became the youngest ever Judoka to win an IJF (International Judo Federation) Grand Prix, when she captured first place at the Düsseldorf Grand Prix in February 2017.[5]

She participated at the 2018 World Judo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan and won her first world title at 18 years of age, making her the third-youngest Judoka to ever capture a senior World title.[6] Abe firstly defeated Polish judoka, Karolina Pienkowska and Fabienne Kocher of Switzerland. She then defeated Jessica Pereira of Brazil and in the semi-finals she defeated Amandine Buchard of France in under 40 seconds, by armlock to make her way into the finals. In the finals, Abe was matched with teammate and former-world champion Ai Shishime,[7] and defeated Shishime with a spectacular uchi-mata in golden score for ippon.[8]

In 2021, Abe won the gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on the same day that her older brother Hifumi won the gold medal in his judo division.[9]

Family

She is the younger sister of fellow Olympic Gold medallist in Judo, Hifumi Abe, her older brother.[10] Three-times Olympic champion Tadahiro Nomura is her uncle.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Uta ABE / IJF.org". ijf.org. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  2. ^ "2020 Summer Olympics — Judo - Women 52 kg Schedule". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 10 October 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. ^ "ABE Uta". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Hifumi Abe and sister Uta top podium at Grand Slam Tokyo". Japan Times. 3 December 2017. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Abe makes history with Grand Prix win". Japan Times. 25 February 2017. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Uta Abe makes miracles come true with World title". judoinside.com. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Uta Abe and Ai Shishime on track for Japanese final". judoinside.com. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  8. ^ "2018 World Judo Championships –52 kg results". judolive01.lb.judobase.org. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Olympics: Japan's Abe siblings complete historic judo double", Kyodo News, 25 July 2021
  10. ^ "Siblings ABE Hifumi and Uta make judo history at Tokyo 2020". Olympics.com. 25 July 2021.
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