Keiji Suzuki

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Keiji Suzuki
Judoka
Height1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportJudo
Weight class–100 kg, +100 kg, Open
Rank     7th dan black belt[1]
Coached byKoichi Iwabuchi
Hitoshi Saito
KumiteLeft
PositionHeisei Kanzai
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesGold (2004)
World Champ.Gold (
2005)
Asian Champ.Gold (
2002
)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens +100 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Osaka
Open
Gold medal – first place 2005 Cairo
‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Tokyo Open
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Tyumen
Open
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan ‍–‍100 kg
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2004 Almaty +100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2009 Taipei +100 kg
World Masters
Silver medal – second place 2010 Suwon +100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Baku +100 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Silver medal – second place 2009 Tokyo +100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Rio de Janeiro +100 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2009 Qingdao +100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2010 Tunis +100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2010 Düsseldorf +100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2011 Düsseldorf +100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Düsseldorf +100 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Cali ‍–‍100 kg
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2001 Beijing ‍–‍100 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF1777
JudoInside.com6559
Updated on 30 May 2023.

Keiji Suzuki (鈴木桂治, Suzuki Keiji, born 3 June 1980 in

judoka
.

Suzuki won the Olympic gold medal in the heavyweight (+100 kg) division in 2004. He is also a two-time world champion.

Suzuki is noted for being a remarkably small judoka in the heavyweight division; he also regularly competed in the light-heavyweight (‍–‍100 kg) class.

Suzuki is known as having some of the best

Ashi-waza
of all heavyweights.

Suzuki was eliminated in the first round of the +100 kg event at the 2010 World Championships in Yoyogi, Japan, via ippon by Janusz Wojnarowicz of Poland.[3]

Suzuki dislocated his shoulder in the semi-finals of the 2012

London 2012 Olympic Games
.

Suzuki was appointed Men's Heavyweight Coach for the Japanese team by the new head coach, his friend and former rival

Kosei Inoue
.

References

  1. ^ "IJF Dan Grades Awardees" (PDF). International Judo Federation. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Keiji Suzuki". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  3. Japan Times
    , 10 September 2010, p. 11.

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