Tadanori Koshino

Tadanori Koshino

Personal information
Born	1966
Medal record Men's Judo Representing  Japan Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona -60 kg World Championships 1991 Barcelona -60 kg 1989 Belgrade -60 kg Asian Games 1990 Beijing -60 kg Asian Championships 1988 Damascus -60 kg

Tadanori Koshino (越野 忠則, Koshino Tadanori, born April 3, 1966 in Shiranuka, Hokkaidō, Japan) is a retired judoka who competed in the -60 kg division.

Biography

Koshino began learning judo with a local sports team while he was in elementary school, and became the Hokkaidō Prefecture champion for his weight class in junior-high school.^[1] He placed third in the inter-highschool tournament during his senior year, and entered Tōkai University in 1985.^[1] He won the Shoriki Cup twice while attending the university, and joined the Toyo Suisan corporation after graduating.^[1] He won the Kodokan Cup for 4 consecutive years from 1989–1992 and All-Japan Weight Class Judo Championships for 3 consecutive years from 1989–1991,^[2] and placed second in the World Judo Championships in 1989 before winning the world championships in 1991. He retired from competitive judo after finishing with a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He became an instructor for the International Budo University in April, 1993.

References

See also

• List of judoka
• List of Olympic medalists in judo