KUDO Hiroko

Date of Birth: 9 Nov 1984

Age: 36

Gender: Female

Sport Class: B3

Place of birth: OITA

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
Judo	Women -63 kg	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 2	Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 16 #6 USA MUTIA LMUTIA Liana Sport Class: B1 0 JPN KUDO HKUDO Hiroko Sport Class: B3 10 IPP	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 2	Women -63 kg Quarterfinals #14 AZE HUSEYNOVA KHUSEYNOVA Khanim Sport Class: B3 10s1 IPP JPN KUDO HKUDO Hiroko Sport Class: B3 0s1	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 2	Women -63 kg Final of Repechage B #30 ESP ARCE PAYNO MARCE PAYNO Marta Sport Class: B3 10 IPP JPN KUDO HKUDO Hiroko Sport Class: B3 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
13	Women -63 kg	2018	Odivelas, POR
Asian Para Games
3	Women -63 kg	2018	Jakarta, INA

Occupation:

Athlete, Office Worker

Languages spoken:

Unite and Grow [Japan]

Masaya Sato [national], JPN; Ayumi Nakamoto [personal], JPN, from 2018

National team:

2018 (mainichi.jp, 27 Dec 2020)

She took up Para judo in 2018. (athlete.ahc-net.co.jp, 11 Feb 2020)

She founded a women's judo team alongside her friend at middle school, and competed in able-bodied judo until she graduated from high school in 2003. In 2016 her friend Ayumi Nakamoto, who worked as a coach of the Japanese Para judo team, encouraged her to return to the sport. (athlete.ahc-net.co.jp, 11 Feb 2020; Tokyo Para Sports Channel YouTube channel, 10 Nov 2020; mainichi.jp, 27 Dec 2020)

To win gold by earning ippon [a full throw that immediately ends the match] at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Tokyo Para Sports Channel YouTube channel, 10 Nov 2020)

General Interest

Classification
B3 (IBSA, 03 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (judob.or.jp, 27 Sep 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (athlete.ahc-net.co.jp, 11 Feb 2020)

Impairment Details
She was born with retinopathy of prematurity [ROP]. She has lost the majority of vision in her left eye and has low vision in her right eye as a result of the condition. (athlete.ahc-net.co.jp, 11 Feb 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
IPP:: Ippon

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