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Kaori Matsumoto (松本 薫, Matsumoto Kaori, born 11 September 1987 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa) is a retired Japanese judoka.[1][2]

Kaori Matsumoto

Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1987-09-11) 11 September 1987 (age 35)
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–57 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ.	(2010, 2015)
Asian Champ.	(2008, 2010)
Olympic Games	(2012)
Medal record Women's judo Representing  Japan Olympic Games 2012 London –57 kg 2016 Rio de Janeiro –57 kg World Championships 2010 Tokyo –57 kg 2015 Astana –57 kg 2011 Paris –57 kg Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou –57 kg Asian Championships 2008 Jeju –57 kg World Masters 2010 Suwon –57 kg 2012 Almaty –57 kg 2011 Baku –57 kg IJF Grand Slam 2008 Tokyo –57 kg 2009 Moscow –57 kg 2010 Paris –57 kg 2010 Rio de Janeiro –57 kg 2010 Tokyo –57 kg 2011 Tokyo –57 kg 2014 Tokyo –57 kg 2009 Tokyo –57 kg 2009 Paris –57 kg IJF Grand Prix 2010 Düsseldorf –57 kg 2012 Düsseldorf –57 kg 2014 Düsseldorf –57 kg 2014 Budapest –57 kg 2016 Düsseldorf –57 kg 2011 Düsseldorf –57 kg 2009 Hamburg –57 kg 2015 Ulaanbaatar –57 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	79
JudoInside.com	37162
Updated on 24 October 2022.

Career

Kaori Matsumoto started judo at the age of 6.[3] Iwai Judo Juku, the school she attended, also worked on wrestling once a week.[1] Therefore, she brought a stance of leaning forward, similar to that of wrestling, to judo.[1] As an elementary school student, she won medals at national wrestling competitions.[1] In judo, she won her first national tournament when she was in her senior year of junior high school.[1]

Her favorite techniques are Kosoto gari, Sode tsurikomi goshi and Newaza.[1] She broke her right shoulder during high school, her nasal bone and right elbow during college, and her right hand during the 2009 world championship due to an unbalanced diet and finished fifth. After those events, she began to control her eating habits and learned the importance of food education. She then won the International Conventions championship 7 times in a row, from the World Masters of January 2010 to the Grand Slam Tokyo of December 2010.

She won the gold medal in the lightweight (57 kg) division at the 2010 World Judo Championships. In August 2011, she finished third at the World Championships in Paris.[1] In December, she won the gold medal at the Grand Slam Tokyo.

In 2012, Kaori won gold medals at the Masters in January and at the Düsseldorf Grand Prix in February. The same year, Kaori Matsumoto won gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics over Romanian Corina Căprioriu after the latter was disqualified during the golden score period in the women's -57 kg final, winning Japan's first gold medal of the 2012 games and their only gold in the Judo event.[2][4]

After 2012 Summer Olympics, she started to do volunteer work for kids in Japan.[5] Kaori Matsumoto voiced a motorcycle policewoman modeled after her in the 2013 movie Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods.[6]

On 26 August 2015 she won the gold medal in the under 57 kg woman's division at the 2015 World Judo Championships in Kazakhstan.[7]

She finished third at the 2016 Olympics.[2]

She retired in 2019.[2]

She is married with two children.[2]

References

External links

• Kaori Matsumoto at the International Judo Federation
• Kaori Matsumoto at JudoInside.com
• Kaori Matsumoto at AllJudo.net (in French)
• Kaori Matsumoto at Olympedia

На других языках

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- [en] Kaori Matsumoto

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[it] Kaori Matsumoto

Kaori Matsumoto (in giapponese: 松本 薫) (Kanazawa, 11 settembre 1987) è una judoka giapponese, vincitrice della medaglia d'oro nella categoria 57 kg ai Giochi olimpici del 2012 di Londra.

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[ru] Мацумото, Каори

Каори Мацумо́то (яп. 松本 薫 Мацумото Каори, 11 сентября 1987, Канадзава) — японская дзюдоистка, олимпийская чемпионка 2012 года, двукратная чемпионка мира (2010 и 2015), бронзовый призёр чемпионата мира 2011 года. Чемпионка Азии 2008 года, победительница Азиатских игр 2010 года.

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