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| Born | 27 November 1960 (age 63) Miyazaki, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games |  (1988) | ||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 9th (1989) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Profile at external databases | |||||||||||||||
| IJF | 7263 | ||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 5460 | ||||||||||||||
| Updated on 18 June 2023 | |||||||||||||||
Akinobu Osako (大迫明伸, Ōsako Akinobu) (born 27 November 1960) is a retired judoka from Japan, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won a bronze medal in the men's middleweight division (–86 kg), alongside Ben Spijkers from the Netherlands.
Osako was born in Nishimorokata District, Miyazaki and began judo at the age of a junior high student.[1] He entered noble Asahi Kasei of the judo after graduation in Tenri University.[1] In the days of active play, he was good at Seoi Nage, Tai Otoshi and Uchi Mata.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Sports Click : 柔道 - 31st Technical Seminar". BASEBALL MAGAZINE SHA. Archived from the original on 13 January 2008.
External links
[edit]- Akinobu Osako at the International Judo Federation
- Akinobu Osako at JudoInside.com
- Akinobu Osako at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Akinobu Osako at Olympics.com
- Akinobu Osako at Olympedia
- Akinobu Osako at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Akinobu Osako at The-Sports.org
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