MATSUMOTO Yoshikazu

Date of Birth: 30 Jun 1962

Age: 59

Gender: Male

Sport Class: B1

Place of birth: OSAKA

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : OSAKA

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Judo	Men -100 kg	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 2	Men -100 kg Quarterfinals #6 GER UPMANN OUPMANN Oliver Sport Class: B2 10 IPP JPN MATSUMOTO YMATSUMOTO Yoshikazu Sport Class: B1 0	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 2	Men -100 kg Final of Repechage A #31 UZB KHALILOV SKHALILOV Sharif Sport Class: B3 10 IPP JPN MATSUMOTO YMATSUMOTO Yoshikazu Sport Class: B1 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
3	Men -100 kg	2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS
9	Men -100 kg	2004	Athens, GRE
World Championships
9	Men -100 kg	2018	Odivelas, POR
Asian Para Games
3	Men -100 kg	2018	Jakarta, INA

Macchan (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Ocarina, doing marathons, reading. (aiwa3.sakura.ne.jp, 18 Oct 2018)

Occupation:

Athlete, Business Owner, Massage Therapist

One daughter [2004], one son [2006]

Languages spoken:

Shudokan [Osaka, JPN]

Yoshiyasu Endo [national], JPN

Other sports:

He has competed in marathons at national level. (aiwa3.sakura.ne.jp, 18 Oct 2018)

He took up the sport in 1983 at Osaka Visual Special Support School in Japan. (aiwa3.sakura.ne.jp, 18 Oct 2018)

Winning bronze at the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney. (asahi.com, 11 Jun 2021)

Japanese baseball player Katsuya Nomura. (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

His father. (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Philosophy:

"Even if you have an impairment, keep working hard each day in order to aim for the top." (asahi.com, 11 Jun 2021)

He was Japan's flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens. (aiwa3.sakura.ne.jp, 18 Oct 2018)

General Interest

Classification
B1 (IBSA, 19 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Impairment Details
He lost vision completely in 1982 at age 20 after he was diagnosed with glaucoma in 1978. (mainichi.jp, 17 Aug 2021; aiwa3.sakura.ne.jp, 18 Oct 2018)

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has served as a director at the Japan Blind Judo Federation and as president of the Osaka Blind Judo Federation in Japan. (judob.or.jp, 19 Aug 2021; aiwa3.sakura.ne.jp, 18 Oct 2018)

Social Media

Legend

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

Timing and scoring provided by OMEGA. Results powered by Atos