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Haruki Uemura (上村 春樹, Uemura Haruki; born 14 February 1951 in Uki, Kumamoto) is a judoka from Japan, who won the gold medal in the Open class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[1] In the final of the Olympic tournament in Canada he defeated Great Britain's Keith Remfry. In 2009 Uemura was elected President of Kodokan and awarded the rank of 9th dan.
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| Born | 14 February 1951 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | +95 kg, Open | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 9th dan black belt | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games |  (1976) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 
(1975) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| IJF | 54447 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 5497 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 21 June 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards and honors
edit- 2025 - Person of Cultural Merit[2]
References
edit- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Haruki Uemura". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ↑ "王貞治氏ら8人に文化勲章 功労者に坂茂氏ら". The Nikkei (in Japanese). 18 October 2025. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
External links
edit- Haruki Uemura at the International Judo Federation
- Haruki Uemura at JudoInside.com
- Haruki Uemura at Olympics.com
- Haruki Uemura at Olympedia
- Haruki Uemura at InterSportStats
- Haruki Uemura at The-Sports.org
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