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Yoko Tanabe

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Yoko Tanabe (田辺 陽子, Tanabe Yōko; born 28 January 1966 in Tokyo) is a Japanese retired judoka. Tanabe won two Olympic silver medals in the half-heavyweight (‍–‍72 kg) division, in 1992 and 1996. She won the All-Japan judo championships six times (1987‍–‍1992). She also won a bronze medal in the ‍–‍72 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where women's judo was held as a demonstration sport. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yoko Tanabe is the 3,830th most popular athlete (down from 3,691st in 2019), the 3,197th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,566th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yoko Tanabe ranks 3,830 out of 6,025. Before her are Sandra Forgues, Tagir Khaybulaev, Jacob Kiplimo, Nick Hysong, Katalin Kovács, and Andris Šics. After her are Lee Sung-jin, Anatoly Laryukov, Koos Maasdijk, Grant Fisher, Maya Pedersen-Bieri, and Elena Lashmanova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Yoko Tanabe ranks 814. Before her are Rahzel, Yasutaka Yoshida, Maddie Taylor, Marjut Rolig, Duff Gibson, and Andreas Schönbächler. After her are Mark T. Vande Hei, Jim Gaffigan, White Town, Tamsin Greig, Too Short, and Frank Klopas.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoko Tanabe ranks 3,204 out of 6,245. Before her are Toshihiro Uchida (1972), Minami Kuribayashi (1976), Masahide Kawamoto (1971), Shusuke Tsubouchi (1983), Shuto Yamamoto (1985), and Keiichi Zaizen (1968). After her are Akito Watabe (1988), Hideki Katsura (1970), Shinji Sarusawa (1969), Kwon Ri-se (1991), Yoshitaka Watanabe (1973), and Hiroki Abe (1999).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Yoko Tanabe ranks 48. Before her are Naoko Takahashi (1972), Yuko Arimori (1966), Takanori Nagase (1993), Tadanori Koshino (1966), Yukinori Miyabe (1968), and Masato (1979). After her are Mizuki Noguchi (1978), Sergio Fernández (null), Kōichi Morishita (1967), Nobuharu Asahara (1972), Kaori Matsumoto (1987), and Junko Asari (1969).

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