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Haruki Uemura

1951 - Today

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Haruki Uemura (上村 春樹, Uemura Haruki; born 14 February 1951 in Uki, Kumamoto) is a judoka from Japan, who won the gold medal in the Open class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. In the final of the Olympic tournament in Canada he defeated Great Britain's Keith Remfry. In 2009 Uemura was elected President of Kodokan and awarded the rank of 9th dan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Haruki Uemura is the 1,831st most popular athlete (down from 1,371st in 2019), the 1,708th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,498th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Haruki Uemura ranks 1,831 out of 6,025. Before him are Józef Zapędzki, Tom Price, Darya Domracheva, Yulia Ryabchinskaya, Tamara Bykova, and John McNally. After him are Rinnat Safin, Tamara Manina, Bob Hayes, Rudolf Plyukfelder, Juhani Suutarinen, and Harold Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Haruki Uemura ranks 536. Before him are Carmen Linares, Brian Grazer, Ahmed Tidiane Souaré, Júlio César Leal, Pamela Bellwood, and Franciszek Gągor. After him are Mohamed Ben Rehaiem, Janis Ian, Joachim Fritsche, Aleksey Buldakov, Roger Pontare, and Carlo Vanzina.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Haruki Uemura ranks 1,708 out of 6,245. Before him are Ryuji Nagata (1972), Kazuro Watanabe (1955), Kae Nishina (1972), Ringo Sheena (1978), Wataru Takagi (1966), and Kohei Yamamoto (1986). After him are Shohachi Ishii (1926), Bunji Kimura (1944), Tomohisa Yamashita (1985), Koji Takano (1992), Daisuke Nitta (1980), and Naomi Kawase (1969).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Haruki Uemura ranks 27. Before him are William Phillips (null), Akitsugu Konno (1944), Masao Harada (1912), Naohiro Ikeda (1940), Yoshinobu Miyake (1939), and Takao Sakurai (1941). After him are Kenjiro Shinozuka (1948), Yoshihiro Akiyama (1975), Kim Eui-tae (1941), Masushi Ouchi (1943), Shunkichi Hamada (1910), and Mayumi Aoki (1953).

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