Hitoshi Saito
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| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight | 143 kg (315 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | +95 kg, Open | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 9th dan black belt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games |  (1984, 1988) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 
(1983) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asian Champ. | 
(1986 ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Profile at external databases | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IJF | 1578 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 5466 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on June 18, 2023. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hitoshi Saito (斉藤 仁, Saitō Hitoshi, January 2, 1961 – January 20, 2015) was a Japanese
Biography
Saito began judo in junior high school, and in 1974, he was scouted to transfer to the Kokushikan Junior High School, located in
Saito retired from competition shortly after his second Olympics as an athlete and became an instructor for Kokushikan University and the All Japan Judo Federation. He also served as a coach for the Japanese judo team during the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was also on friendly terms with his former great rival, Yasuhiro Yamashita. Yamashita was the only judoka who was able to defeat Saito.
Saito is the father of 2022 World Judo Championships silver medalist and 2022 All-Japan open weight champion, Tatsuru Saito.[3][4]
He died aged 54 from
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hitoshi Saito". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016.
- ^ Judo at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight. sports-reference.com
- ^ "Tatsuru SAITO / IJF.org". www.ijf.org. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
- ^ "Son of Judo Legend Wins All-Japan Championships". May 3, 2022.
- ^ Two-time Olympic judo champion Saito dies at age 54. mainichi.jp. January 20, 2015
- ^ Ex-Olympic judo champ Saito dies. Japan Times. January 20, 2015
- ^ http://www.judo.or.jp/english/p/31818l [dead link]
External links
- Hitoshi Saito at the International Judo Federation
- Hitoshi Saito at JudoInside.com
- Hitoshi Saito at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Hitoshi Saito at Olympics.com
- Hitoshi Saito at Olympedia
- Hitoshi Saito at The-Sports.org
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