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Ryunosuke Haga
Personal information
Nationality Japanese
Born (1991-04-28) 28 April 1991 (age 32)
Miyazaki, Japan
Home town Tokyo, Japan
Alma mater Tokai University
Occupation Judoka
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Country  Japan
Sport Judo
Weight class–100 kg
Rank     4th dan black belt
Club Asahi Kasei
Coached by Kosei Inoue, Keiji Suzuki
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesBronze ( 2016)
World Champ.Gold ( 2015)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing   Japan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍100 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Astana ‍–‍100 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2015 Tokyo ‍–‍100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Osaka ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Tyumen ‍–‍100 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2015 Düsseldorf ‍–‍100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Hohhot ‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Budapest ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Qingdao ‍–‍100 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Agadir ‍–‍100 kg
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen ‍–‍100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen Men's team
Profile at external databases
IJF 3623
JudoInside.com 70366
Updated on 24 May 2023.

Ryunosuke Haga (羽賀 龍之介, Haga Ryunosuke, born 28 April 1991) is a male Japanese judoka who became world champion in the under 100 kg division in 2015. His favoured technique is Uchi Mata. [1]

Born in Miyazaki, Haga started judo at the age of 5. [1] In 2010, he won the gold medal in the -100 kg weight class at the World Judo Championships Juniors in Agadir. [1]

In 2011, Haga won the Universiade in Shenzhen. [1] In 2015, he won the gold medal in the Half-heavyweight (100 kg) division at the 2015 World Judo Championships. [2]

He won the Grand Slam Tokyo and Grand Prix Düsseldorf in 2015. [3] [4]

Bronze medalist in the 2016 Rio Olympics. [5]

Haga's father, Yoshio, was also a judoka. Like his father who was a winner of the Kodokan Cup, he won the competition in 2010 and 2011. [6] Furthermore, he maintains a decade-long friendship with Ōzeki Kirishima Tetsuo, a professional sumo wrestler. [7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "近代柔道 2015年4月号 柔道全日本強化選手名鑑 2015 -". Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. 20 April 2015.
  2. ^ 【世界柔道】羽賀「金」!復活の男子100キロ級5年ぶりメダル Archived 1 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine  Sports Hochi 29 August 2015
  3. ^ "Grand Slam Tokyo 2015".
  4. ^ "Grand Prix Dusseldorf 2015".
  5. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ryunosuke Haga". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  6. ^ ""Haga on Top of World at 100 Kg" - The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo, Japan), August 31, 2015". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  7. ^ "「羽賀さん」「霧ちゃん」と呼び合う仲 不振にあえぐ大関霧島を陰ながら応援するオリンピアン" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.

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