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Born | 14 February 1951 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | +95 kg, Open | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 9th dan black belt | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic Games | (1976) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
World Champ. | (1975) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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IJF | 54447 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
JudoInside.com | 5497 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Updated on 21 June 2023. |
Haruki Uemura (上村 春樹, Uemura Haruki, born 14 February 1951 in Uki, Kumamoto) is a judoka from Japan, who won the gold medal in the Open class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. In the final of the Olympic tournament in Canada he defeated Great Britain's Keith Remfry. In 2009 Uemura was elected President of Kodokan and awarded the rank of 9th dan.
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The Los Angeles Olympics was the competition where I was the most nervous. It didn't really matter that I'd already been World Champion a number of times. I never once lost in an international competition Which means that I was never beaten by an overseas competitor either. Arthur Schnabel of Germany was an opponent I knew well. I tore my right calf muscle when performing a throw called Uchi Mata. To tell you the truth, when I tore the muscle during the move I thought "damn it!". It's a world where the winner rules,and where you can't afford to show any weakness. I somehow managed to get through that match without letting my opponent know that I was injured but I was depressed for while after we came off. One of my strengths, though, is my grin and bear it attitude and I knew there was no point in dwelling on it. I focussed myself ready for the next match. If my injury became evident, it would make it harder. I was determined not to show any pain in my face and that I would chokehold my opponent to win and that's how I went into the remaining matches. The Los Angeles Olympics was the first time I'd faced Rashwan, who was from Egypt although I knew him well because he was a competition fighter like me. I was carrying an injury, so I had absolutely no idea what I'd be able to do. In that sense, I had no strategy. When the fight started we came together, gripping one another roughly in the centre of the mat. As we gripped, Rashwan went for a move. I sidestepped his move, and because I'd twisted my body my legs weren't where they were supposed to be, so he failed to make contact. When he lost his balance I used both hands to take him down. Then I held him down to win by ippon. I don't know whether I looked at the judge, but I felt like, "I've done it! Before I knew it I was standing up celebrating. I'd never shown such emotion at a victory before. I had no time to feel anything like that. My injured leg had been hurting so much. I'd been fighting the pain all the way to victory. I just felt, "yes! I've done it!" I don't think I really knew what was going on around me. I'd been dreaming of victory since I was little. The 1964 games in Tokyo was the first time the Olympics were held in Asia and I followed them on the TV. I was seven at the time. I started judo at the age of ten, when I was at primary school. As I worked hard at it I started to dream of going to the Olympics. So it was an incredibly happy moment when my dream came true.
References
External links
- Haruki Uemura at the International Judo Federation
- Haruki Uemura at JudoInside.com
- Haruki Uemura at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Haruki Uemura at Olympics.com
- Haruki Uemura at Olympedia
- Haruki Uemura at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Haruki Uemura at The-Sports.org