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Sports News // 1 decade ago

Japanese judo star becomes upset victim

Alina Alexandra Dumitru of Romania pulled off a major upset in the semifinals Saturday and then won the first judo gold medal awarded at the Beijing Olympics.

Sports News // 1 decade ago

Olympic Medal: W 48kg Judo

Alina Alexandra Dumitru of Romania won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in the 48-kilogram class of women's judo.

Sports News // 1 decade ago

Baby forces Tani out of judo championship

Japanese Olympic gold medalist Ryoko Tani plans to withdraw from the upcoming world judo championships because she is pregnant. Tani told a news conference Monday that her baby is due in February. She hopes to return to competition after the birth, Japan

Sports News // 1 decade ago

Japan wins two Olympic judo golds

Japan captured the first two Olympic judo gold medals awarded Saturday.

Sports News // 1 decade ago

Olympic Medal: Women's 48KG Judo

Olympic medal winners in the women's 48kg judo weight class:

Ryoko Tani (谷亮子, Tani Ryōko?, née Tamura Tamura (田村?); born September 6, 1975) is one of the world's most famous and successful judoka. She was born in Fukuoka, Fukuoka. Also, she is now an employee at Toyota Motor Corporation.

She is commonly known as 'Yawara-chan' (from the title character of Yawara!, a popular judo manga). Since she won the International Women's Judo Championships in 1990, 'Yawara-chan' has gone on to win the event every year. She has a record seven world titles and she brought home the 48kg-category gold medal from Sydney Olympics in 2000 and the Athens Olympics in 2004.

Her 84-match winning streak was finally broken in 1996 by North Korea's Kye Sun Hui.

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