Sumio Endo (遠藤 純男, Endō Sumio, born 3 October 1950) is a Japanese judoka, Olympic medalist and world champion.
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| Born | 3 October 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | +93 kg, Open | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games |  (1976) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 
(1975, 1979) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asian Champ. | 
(1974) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| IJF | 54427 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 5357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 21 June 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Endo is from Kōriyama, Fukushima. After graduation from Nihon University, He belonged to Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.
Endo received a bronze medal in the heavyweight class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[1][2] He is world champion from 1975 and from 1979.
As of 2008, Endo coaches judo at North Asia University in Akita, Japan. He is also one of the 'Frontier Ambassadors' of his hometown Koriyama City.[3]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sumio Endo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Judo" Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 30 November 2008)
- ^ "フロンティア大使のプロフィール等|郡山市公式ウェブサイト". www.city.koriyama.lg.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 February 2020.
External links
edit- Sumio Endo at the International Judo Federation
- Sumio Endo at JudoInside.com
- Sumio Endo at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Sumio Endo at Olympics.com
- Sumio Endo at Olympedia
- Sumio Endo at The-Sports.org
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