Wakaba Suzuki

Wakaba Suzuki
Medal record
Women's Judo
Representing  Japan
World Championships
1993 Hamilton -52 kg
Asian Championships
1988 Damascus -48 kg

Wakaba Suzuki (鈴木 若葉 Suzuki Wakaba, born 13 June 1970) is a retired Japanese judoka.

Suzuki was born in Fujimi, Saitama, and began judo in earnest at the age of a 5th grader.[1] She entered the Saitama University after graduating from high-school.[1]

She was counted as a top in Japan by the proud skill, Seoinage and Newaza.[2] In 1993, She participated World Championships held in Hamilton, Ontario but defeated by Almudena Muñoz at semi-final and won a bronze medal. She was also expected to get medal of Olympic Games in 1996 but retired in 1995 due to Overtraining.[1]

As of 2010, Suzuki coaches judo at Shukutoku University and among her students is former Asian champion Sae Nakazawa.[3]

Achievements

- All-Japan Selected Championships (-48 kg) 2nd
- Pacific Rim Championships (-48 kg) 1st
- All-Japan Selected Championships (-48 kg) 2nd
- All-Japan Selected Championships (-48 kg) 3rd
- All-Japan University Championships (-48 kg) 2nd
- All-Japan Selected Championships (-48 kg) 1st

References

  1. 1 2 3 "柔道技バイブル 歴戦の柔道家が明かすワザの極意 -鈴木若葉4段の「背負い投げ」-". Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. 2007-08-20.ISBN 978-4583100470
  2. ↑ "柔道実戦必勝テクニック -鈴木若葉4段の「横四方固め」-". Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. 2008-08-10.ISBN 978-4583615509
  3. ↑ 北京五輪<ともに追う夢>2　柔道・中沢さえ、鈴木若葉監督 (in Japanese). Chunichi Shimbun. 2008-06-26.


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