SUZUKI Sergio

Japan

Taekwondo

Date of Birth: 9 Oct 1994

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Place of birth: KAWASAKI

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : TOKYO

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Taekwondo	Men -58kg	11

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men -58kg Round of 16 #103 ETH DEMSE SDEMSE Solomon 22 PTG JPN SUZUKI SSUZUKI Sergio 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4th Round	-58kg	2017	Muju, KOR
4th Round	-58kg	2015	Chelyabinsk, RUS

Asian Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	-58kg	2018	Indonesia

Asian Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2nd Round	-58kg	2018	Ho Chi Minh City, VIE

Grand Prix

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2nd Round	-58kg	2018	Taoyuan, TPE
2nd Round	-58kg	2018	Rome, ITA
Round 2	-58kg	2017	London, GBR
Round 2	-58kg	2017	Rabat, MAR
Round 1	-58kg	2018	Manchester, GBR

Hobbies:

Gaming, reading manga. (nikkansports.com, 21 Apr 2021; city.kita.tokyo.jp, 12 Oct 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Human Resources

Education:

International Relations - Daito Bunka University, Japan

Languages spoken:

Japanese, Spanish

Club name:

Tokyo Shoseki [Japan]

Coach:

Hiroyuki Yamashita [national], JPN; Hiroshi Kanai [personal], JPN

Sporting relatives:

His younger brother Ricardo Suzuki has also represented Japan in taekwondo, including in the -68kg category at the 2019 Grand Prix event in Chiba, Japan. (number.bunshun.jp, 14 Feb 2020; sponichi.co.jp, 10 Feb 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 05 Oct 2020)

National team:

2015 (ajta.or.jp, 01 May 2017)

Start:

He took up the sport at age six in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. (nikkansports.com, 01 Feb 2016; number.bunshun.jp, 14 Feb 2020)

Reason:

He was inspired to begin taekwondo when he was taken to a martial arts gym where his older brother Bruno trained. (number.bunshun.jp, 14 Feb 2020)

Ambition:

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (nikkansports.com, 21 Apr 2021)

Hero:

Korean taekwondo athlete Lee Dae-Hoon. (Instagram profile, 22 May 2019)

Philosophy:

"There are many times when you feel rewarded in taekwondo, but the most rewarding thing is when you can put what you have practised into a bout and that leads to a win." (city.kita.tokyo.jp, 12 Oct 2020)

General Interest

General
HERITAGE
Born in Japan to a Japanese father and a Bolivian mother, he moved to Bolivia at age five. He went to high school in the Republic of Korea, before returning to Japan to study at university. (nikkansports.com, 01 Feb 2016; sports.smt.docomo.ne.jp, 15 Jun 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
PTG:: Win by Point Gap

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