- Toyokazu Nomura
nihongo|Toyokazu Nomura|野村豊和|Nomura Toyokazu|extra=born
July 14 1949 in Kōryō, Nara,Japan is a retiredjudoka who competed in the half middleweight (70 kg) division.Biography
Nomura was born into a family of judoka. His father was the founder of a local judo
dojo , and his brother was also an instructor who taught Olympic gold medalistShinji Hosokawa . His nephew,Tadahiro Nomura , is the only judoka to have won three gold medals at the Summer Olympicscite news|publisher=Sankei Sports |url=http://www.sanspo.com/athens2004/history/gold/62.html|title=野村豊和-これぞニッポン柔道! 全試合一本勝ち] .. Nomura himself attendedTenri University before starting work at theHakuhodo company. He placed second in theWorld Judo Championships in 1969 and 1971, and won theAll-Japan Judo Championships in1972 to become the Japanese representative for the half middleweight division at the1972 Summer Olympics . He won all five of his matches at the Olympics by "ippon " to capture the gold medal. He also won the1973 World Judo Championships held inLausanne ,Switzerland . He has worked as a schoolteacher inWakayama Prefecture since retiring from competitive judo.References
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ee also
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List of judoka
*List of Olympic medalists in judo
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