Toyokazu Nomura

Toyokazu Nomura (野村 豊和, Nomura Toyokazu, born July 14, 1949) is a retired judoka who competed in the half-middleweight (70 kg) division.

Toyokazu Nomura
Nomura on a stamp of Umm al-Quwain
Personal information
Born (1949-07-14) July 14, 1949
Kōryō, Nara, Japan
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich -70 kg
World championships
Silver medal – second place 1969 Mexico City -63 kg
Silver medal – second place 1971 Ludwigshafen -63 kg
Gold medal – first place 1973 Lausanne -70 kg
Asian championships
Gold medal – first place 1970 Kaohsiung -70 kg

Life and career

Nomura was born into a family of judoka. His father was the founder of a local judo dojo, and his brother was also an instructor who taught Olympic gold medalist Shinji Hosokawa. His nephew, Tadahiro Nomura, is the only judoka to have won three gold medals at the Summer Olympics.[1] Nomura himself attended Tenri University[1] before starting work at the Hakuhodo company. He placed second in the World Judo Championships in 1969 and 1971, and won the All-Japan Judo Championships in 1972 to become the Japanese representative for the half middleweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He won all five of his matches at the Olympics by ippon to capture the gold medal.[1][2] He also won the 1973 World Judo Championships held in Lausanne, Switzerland.[3]

He has worked as a schoolteacher in Wakayama Prefecture since retiring from competitive judo.[4]

See also

References
  1. "野村豊和－これぞニッポン柔道！　全試合一本勝ち". Sankei Sports. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29.
  2. Toyokazu Nomura. sports-reference.com
  3. "Toyokazu Nomura". Judoinside.com. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  4. "野村豊和氏 ミュンヘン五輪（柔道）金メダリスト" (in Japanese). judo-ch.jp. 2010. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
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