SUZUKI Ricardo

Japan

Taekwondo

Date of Birth: 27 Apr 2000

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.86/6'1''

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 -68kg	12

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men -68kg Round of 16 #204 BIH HUSIC NHUSIC Nedzad 22 PTG JPN SUZUKI RSUZUKI Ricardo 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Grand Prix

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2nd Round	-68kg	2019	Chiba, JPN

World Junior Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2nd Round	Men's Light Middleweight 63-68kg	2016	Burnaby, BC, CAN

Nickname:

Gugu (Instagram profile, 01 Jan 2019)

Hobbies:

Gaming. (nikkansports.com, 21 Apr 2021)

Occupation:

Student

Education:

Daito Bunka University, Tokyo, JPN

Languages spoken:

Japanese, Spanish

Club name:

Daito Bunka University [Tokyo, JPN]

Coach:

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

Sporting relatives:

His older brother Sergio Suzuki has also represented Japan in taekwondo. He competed at the world championships in 2015 and 2017 in the -58kg category, and won bronze in the same category at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. (number.bunshun.jp, 14 Feb 2020; tasnimnews.com, 21 Aug 2018; SportsDeskOnline, 05 Oct 2020)

Start:

He took up the sport at age 10 in Bolivia. (number.bunshun.jp, 14 Feb 2020)

Reason:

He was encouraged to begin taekwondo by his older brother Sergio, so he switched to the sport from karate. (sanspo.com, 23 Jul 2020)

Ambition:

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

General Interest

General
HERITAGE
He was born in Bolivia to a Japanese father and a Bolivian mother. He moved to Japan in 2018 in order to attend Daito Bunka University, where his brother Sergio studied. (number.bunshun.jp, 14 Feb 2020; jiji.com, 12 Feb 2020; 2020.yahoo.co.jp, 23 Jun 2020; fnn.jp, 12 Feb 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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