(1944-01-22) 22 January 1944 (age 80) Ryūgasaki, Ibaraki, Japan
Occupation
Judoka
Height
1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country
Japan
Sport
Judo
Weight class
–80 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games
(1964)
World Champ.
(1965)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing Japan
Olympic Games
1964 Tokyo
–80 kg
World Championships
1965 Rio de Janeiro
–80 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF
54596
JudoInside.com
5455
Updated on 24 June 2023
Isao Okano (岡野 功, Okano Isao, born 20 January 1944) is a retired judoka who competed in the middleweight division (–80 kg) in the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1]
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Isho Okana". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008.
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1969–), two-time Olympic gold medalist and four-time World Champion. IsaoOkano (Japan, 1944–), Olympic gold medalist, World Champion, and two time All-Japan...
Tenri University in Nara, meeting names like world middleweight champion IsaoOkano and the great Masahiko Kimura. He actually had already met Matsumoto in...
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Kashiwazaki's projection tendency through throws and newaza. Indeed, IsaoOkano notes Sato sensei's ability use hikkikomi gaeshi before taking control...
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Year Gold Silver Bronze 1965 IsaoOkano Kenichi Yamanaka Jim Bregman Kim Eui-tae 1967 Eiji Maruki Martin Poglajen Shinichi Enshu Brian Jacks 1969 Isamu...
University, Ninomiya entered the Shoki Juku under the instruction of IsaoOkano. He joined the Fukuoka Prefecture police force in April 1972, and placed...
Summer Olympics in Tokyo, but lost his spot to eventual gold medalist IsaoOkano. Frustrated, he quit the sport and decided to emigrate to Brazil, where...
details IsaoOkano Japan Wolfgang Hofmann United Team of Germany James Bregman United States Kim Eui-tae South Korea Heavyweight +80 kg details Isao Inokuma...
region in 1964, 1965 and Kyūshū region in 1966. He was known as a rival of IsaoOkano. He became a teacher of the senior high school in Ōita Prefecture after...
Stepanov -80 kg IsaoOkano Kenichi Yamanaka James Bregman Kim Eui-Tae +80 kg Anton Geesink Mitsuo Matsunaga Doug Rogers Seiji Sakaguchi Open Isao Inokuma Anzor...
1964. Men's lightweight Takehide Nakatani Men's mightweight IsaoOkano Men's heavyweight Isao Inokuma Men's open class Akio Kaminaga Three male pentathletes...
Chuo University. He sought a spot on the Olympic judo team after seeing IsaoOkano, a rival judoka also from Ibaraki Prefecture, win gold at the 1964 Summer...
for 12 years, winning two British Open titles, trained in Japan under IsaoOkano and ran Fairholme Judo club for 30 years. He was the British Judo Association...
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