Mayumi Yamashita
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| Born | 22 November 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | +78 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games |  (2000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 9th (2001) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asian Champ. | 
(2000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| IJF | 53183 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 1063 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 2 June 2023. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mayumi Yamashita (山下 まゆみ, Yamashita Mayumi, born 22 November 1975) is a Japanese judoka.
Yamashita is from Takayama, Gifu and began judo when she was in second grade.[1] After graduating from Tohwa University, she began working for the Osaka Prefectural Police.[1] In 2000, Yamashita won the All-Japan Championships and the All-Japan Weight Class Championships (全日本選抜柔道体重別選手権大会, Zennihon senbatsu jūdō taijūbetsu senshuken taikai) and was chosen to represent Japan in the Olympic Games held in Sydney. There she defeated Christine Cicot by Osotogari to win a bronze medal.[2]
Yamashita retired after the Kodokan Cup (講道館杯, Kōdōkan-hai) competition in 2003.
Achievements[edit]
- 1997 - All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) 3rd
- - All-Japan University Championships (Openweight only) 2nd
- - All-Japan University Weight Class Championships (+78 kg) 3rd
- 1998 - All-Japan Weight Class Championships (+78 kg) 2nd
- 1999 - Fukuoka International Championships (+78 kg) 1st
- - Universiade (Openweight) 2nd
- 2000 - Olympic Games (+78 kg) 3rd
- - Asian Championships (+78 kg) 3rd
- - Fukuoka International Championships (+78 kg) 3rd
- - All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) 1st
- - All-Japan Weight Class Championships (+78 kg) 1st
- 2001 - East Asian Games (Openweight) 2nd
- - Fukuoka International Championships (+78 kg) 3rd
- - All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) 2nd
- - All-Japan Weight Class Championships (+78 kg) 2nd
- 2002 - All-Japan Weight Class Championships (+78 kg) 2nd
References[edit]
- ^ a b "近代柔道 2000年7月号 解体意新書INTERVIEW 第16回-山下まゆみ-". Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. 20 July 2000.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mayumi Yamashita". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
External links[edit]
- Mayumi Yamashita at the International Judo Federation
- Mayumi Yamashita at JudoInside.com
- Mayumi Yamashita at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Mayumi Yamashita at Olympics.com
- Mayumi Yamashita at Olympedia
- Mayumi Yamashita at The-Sports.org
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