Masato Uchishiba

Medal record
Competitor for  Japan
Men's Judo
Olympic Games
Gold	2004 Athens	-66 kg
Gold	2008 Beijing	-66 kg
World Championships
Silver	2005 Cairo	-66 kg
Asian Games
Bronze	2002 Busan	-60 kg
Universiade
Gold	2001 Beijing	-60 kg

Masato Uchishiba (内柴 正人, Uchishiba Masato^?) (born 17 June 1978 in Kōshi, Kumamoto) is a Japanese judoka who won the gold medal in the men's under 66 kg division at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece and at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China.^[1] To win the Olympic gold at Athens, he defeated Jozef Krnáč of Slovakia. Of winning the gold, he said, "I wanted this so badly I wouldn't have cared if it was my last fight ever," though his comments were officially translated as: "It is probably my last Olympics, that is why I am proud of my medal." At the 2005 Judo World Championships, he won silver in his division. He also won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics against Benjamin Darbelet of France.

References

1. ^ "Olympic medalists". http://www.olympic.org/en/content/All-Olympic-results-since-1896/?AthleteName=masato%20uchishiba&Category=&Games=&Sport=1313935&Event=&MenGender=true&WomenGender=false&MixedGender=false&TeamClassification=false&IndividualClassification=true&Continent=&Country=&GoldMedal=true&SilverMedal=false&BronzeMedal=false&WorldRecord=false&OlympicRecord=false&TargetResults=true. 

External links

• Videos of Masato Uchishiba in action (judovision.org)

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Name	Uchishiba, Masato
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Date of birth	17 June 1978
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