Yoshiyuki Matsuoka
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Representing Japan | ||
Men's Judo | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1984 Los Angeles | -65 kg | |
World Championships | ||
1983 Moscow | -65 kg | |
1985 Seoul | -65 kg |
Yoshiyuki Matsuoka (松岡義之, Matsuoka Yoshiyuki, born on March 6, 1957 in Hyogo, Japan) is a retired judoka from Japan, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Matsuoka won the gold medal in the men's half-lightweight division (– 65 kg), after having defeated South Korea's Hwang Jung-Oh in the final by Seoi Nage. He trained under 4 time world champion Shozo Fujii (1971–1979).[1][2]
As of 2007, Matsuoka coaches the Komatsu Limited judo club. Among his students are world champions & olympic medalists Ayumi Tanimoto, Miku Tashiro, and Tsukasa Yoshida.[3]
References
- ^ "松岡義之-師弟の夢を叶える金メダル". Sankei Sports.
- ^ "Yoshiyuki Matsuoka Judoka". judoinside.com.
- ^ "Women's judo club". komatsu.jp. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- (in Dutch) Profile
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- Japanese male judoka
- Judoka at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka of Japan
- Olympic gold medalists for Japan
- 1957 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Hyōgo Prefecture
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- Komatsu Limited
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Japanese people
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- Japanese Olympic medalist stubs
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