Haruka Tachimoto (田知本 遥, Tachimoto Haruka, born 3 August 1990 in Imizu, Japan) is a Japanese judoka ranking at 5th Dan.[1] She competed in the -70 kg division at the 2016 Olympics in Rio; she took gold, beating the world #1 and world #2 ranked women along the way. She had previously competed in the 70 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2]
References
- ^ Sports Reference profile
- ^ London 2012 profile Archived 30 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Haruka Tachimoto at the International Judo Federation
- Haruka Tachimoto at JudoInside.com
- Haruka Tachimoto at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Haruka Tachimoto at Olympics.com
- Haruka Tachimoto at Olympedia
- Haruka Tachimoto at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Haruka Tachimoto at The-Sports.org
- Haruka Tachimoto on Twitter
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