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Tina Takahashi
Canadian judoka
Tina Takahashi is a Canadian judoka, coach, and author. She won Canada's first gold medal at the World University Games in Judo in 1984 and coached Canada's first women's Judo Olympian Sandra Greaves in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.[1][2] Takahashi was the first Canadian woman to achieve the rank of roku-dan (sixth-degree black belt), and the first women's Sport Canada carded athlete.
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Takahashi was Canadian champion 9 times, has taught Judo for more than 30 years, and was inducted into the Judo Canada Hall of Fame in 1998 and the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.[3][4] In 2008, she was named as Chair of the National Grading Board by Judo Canada.[5]
Takahashi is the daughter of Canadian judoka Masao Takahashi and June Takahashi, and the sister of Olympians Phil Takahashi and Ray Takahashi.
In 2005, she co-authored a book titled Mastering Judo with her parents and three siblings.[6]