Yuko Emoto

Yuko Emoto (恵本 裕子, Emoto Yūko, born December 23, 1972 in Asahikawa, Hokkaido[1]) is a Japanese female judoka and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in the half middleweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[2]

Yuko Emoto
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta -61 kg
Asian Games
1994 Hiroshima -61 kg
Asian Championships
1993 Macau -61 kg
1995 New Delhi -61 kg
East Asian Games
1997 Busan -61 kg

Emoto received a silver medal at the 1994 Asian Games.

She is married to South Korean judoka Kim Hyuk.[3]

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