Yoshiyuki Matsuoka
Olympic athlete
1957 –
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Who is Yoshiyuki Matsuoka?
Yoshiyuki Matsuoka is a retired judoka from Japan, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There, he won the gold medal in the men's half-lightweight division, after having defeated South Korea's Hwang Jung-Oh in the final by Seoi Nage, learned from Shozo Fujii, 4 times world champion.
As of 2007, Matsuoka coaches judo club of Komatsu Limited. Among his students is world champion Ayumi Tanimoto.
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