Yuko Emoto (恵本 裕子, Emoto Yūko, born 23 December 1972 in Asahikawa, Hokkaido[1]) is a Japanese judoka and Olympic champion. She won the gold medal in the half middleweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[2]
Emoto received a silver medal at the 1994 Asian Games.
Emoto is married to South Korean judoka Kim Hyuk.[3]
In 2016, Emoto provided input to a manga series written by Makoto Kobayashi titled JJM: Joshi Judou-bu Monogatari.[4]
References
- ^ "恵本裕子｜柔道オリンピック動画集".
- ^ "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Judo" Archived 7 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 19 June 2008)
- ^ "＜アトランタ・金＞柔道 恵本裕子". Zakzak (in Japanese). 16 September 2001. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ 柔道部物語：女の子主役に25年ぶり“復活” モデルはアトランタ五輪金メダリスト. Mantan Web (in Japanese). 9 August 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
External links
- Yuko Emoto at the International Judo Federation
- Yuko Emoto at JudoInside.com
- Yuko Emoto at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Yuko Emoto at Olympics.com
- Yuko Emoto at Olympedia
- Yuko Emoto at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Yuko Emoto at The-Sports.org
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