Kaori Matsumoto
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Representing  Japan |
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2012 London | –57 kg |
| World Championships | ||
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2010 Tokyo | –57 kg |
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2015 Astana | –57 kg |
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2011 Paris | –57 kg |
| Asian Games | ||
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2010 Guangzhou | –57 kg |
| Asian Championships | ||
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2008 Jeju | –57 kg |
Kaori Matsumoto (松本 薫 Matsumoto Kaori?, born 11 September 1987 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa) is a female Japanese judoka.
Career
Kaori Matsumoto started judo at the age of 6.[1] Her favorite techniques are Kosoto gari, Sode tsurikomi goshi and Newaza. She broke her right shoulder during high school, her nasal bone and right elbow during college, and her right hand during the 2009 world championship due to an unbalanced diet and finished fifth. After those events, she began to control her eating habits and learned the importance of food education. She then won the International Conventions championship 7 times in a row, from the World Masters of January 2010 to the Grand Slam Tokyo of December 2010.
She won the gold medal in the lightweight (57 kg) division at the 2010 World Judo Championships. In August 2011, she finished third at the World Championships in Paris. In December, she won the gold medal at the Grand Slam Tokyo.
In 2012, Kaori won gold medals at the Masters in January and at the Düsseldorf Grand Prix in February. The same year, Kaori Matsumoto won gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics over Romanian Corina Căprioriu after the latter was disqualified during the golden score period in the women’s -57 kg final, winning Japan's first gold medal of the 2012 games and their only gold in the Judo event.[2]
After 2012 Summer Olympics, she started to do volunteer work for kids in Japan.[3] Kaori Matsumoto voiced a motorcycle policewoman modeled after her in the 2013 movie Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods.[4]
On 26 August 2015 she won the gold medal in the under 57 kg woman's division at the 2015 World Judo Championships in Kazakhstan.[5]
References
- ↑ 新歓！期待の新人特集 帝大の柔ちゃん、世界目指す／帝大 ＜柔道部・松本薫＞
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 読み聞かせも金！松本薫選手がボランティア 読売新聞オンライン。
- ↑ Natalie article, January 2013
- ↑ Women's 57 kg results
External links
- Profile at the judoinside.com.
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Kaori Matsumoto (
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- Japanese judoka
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- Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka of Japan
- Olympic gold medalists for Japan
- Sportspeople from Ishikawa Prefecture
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2010 Asian Games
- Female judoka
- World judo champions
