Uta Abe

Uta Abe (阿部 詩, Abe Uta, born 14 July 2000) is a Japanese judoka.[1]

Uta Abe
阿部 詩
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (2000-07-14) 14 July 2000
Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportJudo
Event(s)–52 kg
Medal record
World Championships
2018 Baku–52 kg
2019 Tokyo–52 kg

Personal life

Uta Abe is the sister of current 66 kg standout judoka, and two-time world champion, Hifumi Abe.[2]

Judo career

Abe became the youngest ever Judoka to win an IJF (International Judo Federation) Grand Prix, when she captured first place at the Düsseldorf Grand Prix in February 2016.[3]

She participated at the 2018 World Judo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan and won her first world title at 18 years of age, making her the third-youngest Judoka to ever capture a senior World title.[4] Abe firstly defeated Polish judoka, Pienkowska and Kocher of Switzerland. She then defeated Jessica Pereira of Brazil and in the semi-finals she defeated Amandine Buchard of France in under 40 seconds, by armlock to make her way into the finals. In the finals, Abe was matched with teammate and former-world champion Ai Shishime,[5] and defeated Shishime with a spectacular uchi-mata in golden score for ippon.[6]

References
  1. "Uta ABE / IJF.org". ijf.org. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  2. "Hifumi Abe and sister Uta top podium at Grand Slam Tokyo". Japan Times. 2017-12-03. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  3. "Abe makes history with Grand Prix win". Japan Times. 2017-02-25. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  4. "Uta Abe makes miracles come true with World title". Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  5. "Uta Abe and Ai Shishime on track for Japanese final". Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  6. "2018 World Judo Championships –52 kg results". judolive01.lb.judobase.org. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
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