Nami Nabekura
Nami Nabekura (鍋倉 那美, Nabekura Nami, born 11 April 1997) is a Japanese judoka. Nabekura's favorite technique is Uchimata.[1][2]
Judo career
Nabekura started practicing judo at the age of 5, following her two brothers.[1][2] She often beat Hifumi Abe when they were in elementary school. Abe says that experience "made him what he is".[2][3] In April 2010, Nabekura began studying at Taisei Junior High School.[1][2] In August 2012, she won the National Junior High School Championships.[1][2] In April 2013, she graduated from middle school and went on to Taisei High School.[1][2] In March 2014, she won the National High School Championships.[1][2] In August 2015, she won the Inter-High School Championships.[1][2] In October 2015, Nabekura won the World Judo Championships Juniors both individual(–63 kg weight class) and team event.[4][5] In 2016, Nabekura became a member of the Judo club at the Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group.[1][2] In May 2017, she won the Asian Judo Championships.[1] In December 2017, she finished second at the Grand Slam Tokyo and the World Masters.[1] In August 2018, she won the Asian Games.[6]
In 2021, she won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[7][8]
She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Paris held in Paris, France.[9]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "近代柔道 2018年4月号 柔道全日本強化選手名鑑 2018 -". Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. 20 April 2018. p. 25.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "近代柔道 2016年2月号 解体新書 鍋倉那美-". Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. 20 February 2017. pp. 24–27.
- ^ 柔道界の“ひふみん”阿部一二三選手が生出演！小さい時は女子に負けていた！？. Fuji TV. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- ^ "Junior World Championships 2015, Abu Dhabi DAY 3 -63kg: NABEKURA wins Japan's fifth world title in Abu Dhabi". International Judo Federation. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- ^ "Junior World Championships 2015, Abu Dhabi DAY 5 JUNIOR WOMEN TEAM EVENT New-look Japanese team still unstoppable". International Judo Federation. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- ^ "Japan dominate second day of judo medal action at 2018 Asian Games". Insidethegames. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- ^ "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ Gillen, Nancy (12 January 2021). "Four-time world champion Agbegnenou earns gold at IJF World Judo Masters". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "First Japanese victory U63kg in Paris in ten years". JudoInside.com. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
External links
- Nami Nabekura at the International Judo Federation
- Nami Nabekura at JudoInside.com
- Nami Nabekura at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Nami Nabekura at The-Sports.org
- Nami Nabekura on Twitter
