Masae Ueno

Masae Ueno (上野 雅恵, Ueno Masae, born January 17, 1979) is a Japanese judoka who competed in the Athens 2004 Olympics and the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Ueno was born in Asahikawa Hokkaidō. In 2004, she earned Japan's fifth Olympic Gold Medal in ten events, taking the 70 kg women's judo event. She also won the Olympic Gold Medal in 2008.[1]

Masae Ueno
Personal information
Born (1979-01-17) 17 January 1979
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryJapan
SportJudo
Weight class–70 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ.Gold (2001, 2003)
Asian Champ.Gold (2000, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Olympic GamesGold (2004, 2008)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens –70 kg
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing –70 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Munich –70 kg
Gold medal – first place 2003 Osaka –70 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha –70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan –70 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Osaka –70 kg
Gold medal – first place 2004 Almaty –70 kg
Gold medal – first place 2008 Jeju –70 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF4246
JudoInside.com7805
Updated on 24 October 2022.

Her younger sisters, Yoshie is World champion in 2009 and Tomoe is World junior champion in 2006.

References
  1. "Yahoo Sports – Sports News, Scores, Rumors, Fantasy Games, and more". Yahoo Sports. Archived from the original on 2011-05-22.


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