Uta Abe
Uta Abe (阿部 詩, Abe Uta, born 14 July 2000) is a Japanese judoka.[1] She won the gold medal in the half lightweight event, and silver medal in mixed team, at the 2020 Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[2][3]
Personal life
Uta Abe is the sister of current 66 kg standout judoka, and four-times world champion, Hifumi Abe.[4]
Judo career
Abe became the youngest ever Judoka to win an IJF (International Judo Federation) Grand Prix, when she captured first place at the Düsseldorf Grand Prix in February 2017.[5]
She participated at the 2018 World Judo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan and won her first world title at 18 years of age, making her the third-youngest Judoka to ever capture a senior World title.[6] Abe firstly defeated Polish judoka, Karolina Pienkowska and Fabienne Kocher of Switzerland. She then defeated Jessica Pereira of Brazil and in the semi-finals she defeated Amandine Buchard of France in under 40 seconds, by armlock to make her way into the finals. In the finals, Abe was matched with teammate and former-world champion Ai Shishime,[7] and defeated Shishime with a spectacular uchi-mata in golden score for ippon.[8]
In 2021, Abe won the gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on the same day that her older brother Hifumi won the gold medal in his judo division.[9]
Abe won the gold medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships held in Doha, Qatar. She defeated Diyora Keldiyorova of Uzbekistan in her gold medal match.
Family
She is the younger sister of fellow Olympic Gold medallist in Judo, Hifumi Abe.[10]
References
- ^ "Uta ABE / IJF.org". ijf.org. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "2020 Summer Olympics — Judo - Women 52 kg Schedule". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 10 October 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "ABE Uta". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Hifumi Abe and sister Uta top podium at Grand Slam Tokyo". Japan Times. 3 December 2017. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Abe makes history with Grand Prix win". Japan Times. 25 February 2017. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Uta Abe makes miracles come true with World title". judoinside.com. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Uta Abe and Ai Shishime on track for Japanese final". judoinside.com. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "2018 World Judo Championships –52 kg results". judolive01.lb.judobase.org. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Olympics: Japan's Abe siblings complete historic judo double", Kyodo News, 25 July 2021
- ^ "Siblings ABE Hifumi and Uta make judo history at Tokyo 2020". Olympics.com. 25 July 2021.
External links
Media related to Uta Abe at Wikimedia Commons
- Abe Uta at the International Judo Federation
- Abe Uta at JudoInside.com
- Abe Uta at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Abe Uta at Olympics.com
- Abe Uta at Olympedia
- Uta Abe at The-Sports.org
- Uta Abe on Twitter
- Uta Abe on Instagram
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- 2000 births
- Living people
- Japanese female judoka
- World judo champions
- Sportspeople from Kobe
- Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Japan
- Olympic silver medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka for Japan
- Olympic medalists in judo
- 21st-century Japanese sportswomen