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In this Japanese name, the surname is Abe.
Uta Abe
Abe in February 2024
Personal information
Native name阿部 詩
Born (2000-07-14) 14 July 2000 (age 24)
Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
OccupationJudoka
Height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Sport
Country Japan
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍52 kg
Rank     3rd dan black belt
ClubNippon Sport Science University
TeamAll-Japan National Team
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesGold (2020)
World Champ.Gold (2018, 2019, 2022,
Gold( 2023)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo ‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Mixed team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Baku ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tokyo ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tashkent ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Doha ‍–‍52 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tokyo ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Paris ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Osaka ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Düsseldorf ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tashkent ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Kazan ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tokyo ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Tokyo ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Antalya ‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Tokyo ‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Osaka ‍–‍52 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2017 Düsseldorf ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hohhot ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Hohhot ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Zagreb ‍–‍52 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Zagreb ‍–‍52 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF35696
JudoInside.com97066
Updated on 29 March 2024

Uta Abe (阿部 詩, Abe Uta, born 14 July 2000) is a Japanese judoka.[1] She won the gold medal in the Women's 52 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, and a silver medal with the Japanese team in the mixed team event at both the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.[2][3] Abe is also a four-time world champion in her weight category and is the youngest circuit winner in IJF history, having won her first senior gold medal, aged just 16, at the 2017 Judo Grand Prix Düsseldorf.[4][5]

Personal life

Uta Abe is the younger sister of another stellar judoka, Hifumi Abe, an Olympic champion who won two consecutive gold medals at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics and a four-time world champion in his weight category (Men's 66 kg).[6][2][7][8]

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.[9]

Abe participated at the 2018 World 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.[10] Abe firstly defeated Polish judoka Karolina Pieńkowska and Fabienne Kocher of Switzerland. She then defeated Jéssica 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,[11] and defeated Shishime with a spectacular uchi-mata in golden score for ippon.[12]

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.[13]

Abe won the gold medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships held in Doha, Qatar. She was defeated by Diyora Keldiyorova of Uzbekistan in the second round of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Uta ABE / IJF.org". ijf.org. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b "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. Cite error: The named reference "OG" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  3. ^ "ABE Uta". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Abe makes history with Grand Prix win". Japan Times. 25 February 2017. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Abe triumphs over Hashiguchi at Grand Slam Tokyo". Japan Times. 2 December 2016. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Hifumi Abe and sister Uta top podium at Grand Slam Tokyo". Japan Times. 3 December 2017. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  7. ^ "ABE Hifumi". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  8. ^ NEWS, KYODO. "Olympics: Hifumi Abe wins 2nd straight Olympic men's 66-kg judo gold". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Abe makes history with Grand Prix win". Japan Times. 25 February 2017. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Uta Abe makes miracles come true with World title". judoinside.com. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  11. ^ "Uta Abe and Ai Shishime on track for Japanese final". judoinside.com. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  12. ^ "2018 World Judo Championships –52 kg results". judolive01.lb.judobase.org. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  13. ^ "Olympics: Japan's Abe siblings complete historic judo double", Kyodo News, 25 July 2021
  14. ^ Watta, Evelyn (28 July 2024). "Paris 2024 Olympics: Defending champion Abe Uta gets loudest cheers despite shocking loss". olympics.com. Retrieved 25 August 2024.

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