Kazuo Yoshimura
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Representing  Japan
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| Men's Judo | ||
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1973 Lausanne | -70 kg |
Kazuo Yoshimura (吉村 和郎 Yoshimura Kazuo, born 6 July 1951) is a retired Japanese judoka.
Yoshimura is from Kumamoto, Kumamoto.[1] He belonged to Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department after graduation from Nihon University in 1973.
In 1973, When Yoshimura was a student of university, he won a bronze medal at the World Championships held in Lausanne.
He was expected to get gold medal of World Championships in 1977 or Olympic Games in 1980.[1] But he couldn't because World Championship was cancelled and Olympic Games was boycotted by Japanese Government.[1]
Yoshimura retired in 1980 and took office as the coach of Kodogakusha (講道学舎 Kōdōgakusha). Among his students is former world champion, Toshihiko Koga and Hidehiko Yoshida.[2]
As of 2010, He has coached All-Japan women's judo team since 1997.[2] On November 2012 he resigned as the women's trainer and was replaced by Hitoshi Saito.
Achievements
- 1969 - Inter-highschool championships (-80 kg) 1st
- 1970 - All-Japan Junior Championships (-63 kg) 3rd
- 1971 - All-Japan Junior Championships (-80 kg) 1st
- 1972 - All-Japan Selected Championships (-70 kg) 3rd
- 1973 - World Championships (-70 kg) 3rd
- 1976 - All-Japan Selected Championships (-70 kg) 2nd
- - Kodokan Cup (-71 kg) 1st
- 1977 - All-Japan Selected Championships (-71 kg) 1st
- 1978 - Jigoro Kano Cup (-71 kg) 1st
- - All-Japan Selected Championships (-71 kg) 2nd
- 1979 - Super World Cup Paris (-71 kg) 1st
- - All-Japan Selected Championships (-71 kg) 2nd