Akari Ogata

Akari Ogata (緒方 亜香里, Ogata Akari, born September 24, 1990) is a female Japanese judoka.

Akari Ogata
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Japan
World Championships
2011 Paris78 kg
2010 Tokyo78 kg
Asian Games
2010 Guangzhou78 kg

She started taking part in karate at the age of 7 and she became national junior karate champion when she was 10, but at age 13, she quit karate and started to practise judo.[1]

She won the bronze medal in the half-heavyweight (78 kg) division at the 2010 World Judo Championships, and silver a year later.[2] She has also won silver at the Asian Games. She had previously won the junior world title in that weight division.[2]

Her favorite techniques are uchimata, ōuchi gari and sankaku-jime.

References

  1. "スポ-ツの顔 78キロ級の新女王 緒方亜香里(体育1年)". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
  2. "Akari Ogata, Judoka, JudoInside". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 2020-04-25.


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