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| Born | 2 August 1975 Tokushima, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Satoshi Fujimoto (born 2 August 1975) is a Japanese Paralympic judoka who competes in international level events. He is regarded as one of the most successful Paralympic judoka. [1] [2] [3]
Fujimoto is visually impaired in his left eye due to an accident aged five years old. [4]
The Japanese martial art and combat sport judo has been practised in Canada for over a century. The first long-term judo dojo in Canada, Tai Iku Dojo, was established by a Japanese immigrant named Shigetaka "Steve" Sasaki in Vancouver in 1924. Sasaki and his students opened several branch schools in British Columbia and even trained RCMP officers until 1942, when Japanese Canadians were expelled from the Pacific coast and either interned or forced to move elsewhere in Canada due to fears that they were a threat to the country after Japan entered the Second World War. When the war was over, the government gave interned Japanese Canadians two options: resettle in Canada outside of the 'Japanese exclusion zone' or emigrate to Japan.
Lithuania competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Alana Martins Maldonado is a visually impaired Brazilian Paralympic judoka. She won the gold medal in the women's 70 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She also represented Brazil at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the silver medal in the women's 70 kg event.
Viktoriya Potapova is a Russian Paralympic judoka. She represented Russia at the Summer Paralympics in 2004, 2008 and 2012. She won a bronze medal on each occasion: in the women's 48 kg event in 2004, in the women's 48 kg event in 2008 and in the women's 48 kg event in 2012. She also represented the Russian Paralympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan and she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 48 kg event.
Matthias Krieger is a German Paralympic judoka. He represented Germany at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. He won a bronze medal in the men's 81 kg event in 2012. In the semi-finals, he lost against Olexandr Kosinov of Ukraine and Kosinov went on to win the gold medal in this event.
Nikolett Szabó is a retired Hungarian Paralympic judoka. She was Hungary's first female Paralympic judoka to win a medal. She is a World and European Champion in the heavyweight category.
Priscilla Gagné is a partially blind Canadian judoka. She won a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Nicolina Pernheim is a blind Swedish Paralympic judoka who competes in international level events. She is a triple European champion in the women's middleweight category and has participated at the Summer Paralympics three times. She is highly regarded as one of Sweden's best female judoka.
Lorena "Lori" Pierce is a retired American Paralympic judoka who competed at international level events. She was a silver medalist at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, a World silver medalist and a Parapan American Games silver medalist.
Stephen "Scott" Moore is a retired American Paralympic judoka who competed in international level events. He was the first American judoka to win a gold medal in either Olympic or Paralympic judo at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.
Eduardo Adrián Ávila Sánchez is a Mexican Paralympic judoka who competes in international level events. He is two-time Paralympic champion, two-time World champion and a four-time Parapan American Games champion in the middleweight category.
Jani Kallunki is a retired Finnish Paralympic judoka who competed in international level events, he also participated in goalball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics where he won the gold medal for his country. He is a double Paralympic bronze medalist, a European champion and a World bronze medalist.
Gábor Vincze is a former Hungarian Paralympic judoka. He is a two-time Paralympic bronze medalist, one-time World bronze medalist and two-time European medalist.
Marlon Lopez is a retired American Paralympic judoka who competed at international level events. He competed at three Paralympic Games winning two bronze medals.
Sebastian Junk is a German Paralympic judoka who competes in international level events. He has participated at five Paralympic Games and won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.
Marcos José Falcón Tovar is a Venezuelan Paralympic judoka who competes in international level events. He is a Paralympic bronze medalist at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and is a four-time Parapan American Games medalist.
Eduardo Paes Barreto Amaral is a retired Brazilian Paralympic judoka who competed at international level events. He is a Paralympic silver medalist and a Parapan American Games bronze medalist.
Vugar Shirinli is an Azerbaijani Paralympic judoka. He won the gold medal in the men's 60 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Khanim Huseynova is an Azerbaijani Paralympic judoka. She won the gold medal in the women's 63 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Temirzhan Daulet is a Kazakh Paralympic judoka. He won the silver medal in the men's 73 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
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