Yoriko Okamoto
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Competitor for  Japan |
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| Women's Taekwondo | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Bronze | Sydney 2000 | 67 kg |
| Asian Games | ||
| Bronze | 1998 Bangkok | Lightweight |
| Asian Championships | ||
| Silver | 1996 Melbourne | Welterweight |
| Silver | 1994 Manila | Welterweight |
| Bronze | 2006 Bangkok | Welterweight |
| Bronze | 1998 Ho Chi Minh City | Welterweight |
Yoriko Okamoto (岡本 依子 Okamoto Yoriko) (born September 6, 1971 in Osaka) is the first Japanese athlete to become an Olympic taekwondo medalist, winning the bronze medal at the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics in the 57–67 kg weight class.[1]
After beginning karate at age 12, she attended Waseda University in Tokyo. She spent her junior year of college studying abroad in the United States at the University of Oregon, where she began learning Taekwondo. Okamoto is a 1996 graduate of the Waseda School of Human Sciences, and currently works at Runes Kanazawa Co. Ltd.
[edit] Career highlights
- 2000 Summer Olympics: BRONZE
- 1998 Asian Games: BRONZE
[edit] References
- ^ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Taekwondo" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on August 9, 2010)
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