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Tomoko Fukumi

Tomoko Fukumi

Japanese judoka (born 1985)

Tomoko Fukumi (福見 友子, Fukumi Tomoko, born 26 June 1985 in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki) is a Japanese judoka from Tsukuba University. She competed for Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]

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Fukumi is a 4th dan in judo. She is the only judoka to have beaten Ryoko Tani twice. Later she won the gold medal in the extra-lightweight (‍–‍48 kg) division at the 2009 World Judo Championships. She is known for her seoinage, kouchigari, and newaza. In 2014, Fukumi took a year off to study abroad at Loughborough University.

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    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tomoko Fukumi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.


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