Atsuko Nagai

Atsuko Nagai
Personal information
State:Retired
Nationality: Japan
Date of birth:January 14, 1974
Place of birth:Ageo, Saitama
Height:1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight:48 kg (106 lb; 7.6 st)
Kumite:Right
Dan:4th
Position:Komatsu Limited
Coach(es):Seiki Nose
Yoshiyuki Matsuoka

|- |} Atsuko Nagai (長井 淳子 Nagai Atsuko, born 14 January 1974) is a Japanese judoka.

She was born in Ageo, Saitama,[1] and began judo at the age of a second grader.[1] He entered the Komatsu Limited after graduating from Saitama University in 1998.[2]

She was known as a rival of Ryoko Tamura.[3] She fought with Tamura 10 times and was defeated 10 times, but never by Ippon.

In 2000, After Tamura won gold medal at Olympic Games, Nagai retired.

As of 2008, Nagai coaches judo at Komatsu Limited, and Ayumi Tanimoto, one of her pupil, inherits the skill of Uchimata that Nagai was good at.

References

  1. 1 2 "Sports Click". ベースボールマガジン社.
  2. "コマツ柔道部". Komatsu Limited.
  3. "朝日新聞 2000年12月17日". Asahi Shimbun.


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