Aaron Wolf (judoka)

Aaron Phillip Wolf (ウルフ・アロン, Urufu Aron, born 25 February 1996) is a Japanese judoka[1] who won a gold medal at the 2017 World Judo Championships in Budapest and a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He is the son of a Japanese mother, Mikako, and an American father, James, who teaches English at a Japanese university.[2]

Aaron Wolf

Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1996-02-25) 25 February 1996 Shin-Koiwa, Japan
Occupation	Judoka
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–100 kg
Rank	5th dan black belt in Judo
Achievements and titles
World Champ.	(2017)
Asian Champ.	(2021)
Olympic Games	(2020)
Medal record Men's judo Representing  Japan Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo –100 kg 2020 Tokyo Mixed team World Championships 2017 Budapest –100 kg 2019 Tokyo –100 kg Asian Championships 2021 Bishkek –100 kg World Masters 2019 Qingdao –100 kg IJF Grand Slam 2018 Osaka –100 kg 2019 Paris –100 kg 2021 Antalya –100 kg 2016 Paris –100 kg 2016 Baku –100 kg 2019 Osaka –100 kg IJF Grand Prix 2015 Ulaanbaatar –100 kg 2015 Tashkent –100 kg 2018 Budapest –100 kg 2019 Budapest –100 kg 2017 Düsseldorf –100 kg World Juniors Championships 2014 Fort Lauderdale –100 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	17383
JudoInside.com	92408
Updated on 3 November 2022.

Wolf became the first athlete of U.S. descent to win the All-Japan Openweight Judo Championships with his victory on 29 April, 2019. On 15 May 2019 he was promoted to 5th dan.

He successfully qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[3] and won the gold medal in the 100 kg competition at the 2020 Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[4]