田村亮子（ryoko tamura）（柔道 日本）
atlanta, georgia world congress center, 26 july 1996, games of the xxvi olympiad: ryoko tamura of japan in action against sun hui kye of the democratic people's republic of korea during the -48kg judo final. ryoko tamura went on to win the silver medal.
born: 6 september 1975
birthplace: fukuoka (japan)
nationality: japan
sport: judo
attendance at the olympic games
barcelona 1992
atlanta 1996
sydney 2000
athens 2004
awards
olympic medals:
gold: 2
silver: 2
other results:
world championships
gold: 6 (93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03)
bronze: 1 (91)
yawara-chan
ryoko tamura was only sixteen years old when she upset karen briggs in the semifinals of the judo extra-lightweight division at the 1992 barcelona olympics. she lost to world champion cécile nowak of france in the final, but it was clear that the future belonged to tamura.
indeed, she went undefeated for the next four years. only 1.46m tall, tamura was hugely popular in japan, where her success had spawned an interest in women's judo. she was known as "yawara-chan" because of her resemblance to a popular comic book character. she entered the final of the 1996 olympics with an 84-match winning streak. her opponent was a complete unknown: 16-year-old kye sun-hi of north korea, who had never heard of tamura. kye startled tamura by attacking from the start and the double world champion was unable to establish her rhythm.
with 22 seconds left, kye scored with a leg hook and then added an insurance point when tamura, on her knees, was penalized for "false attack." between the 1996 and 2000 olympics, tamura again won all of her matches. no japanese athlete at the sydney games bore the weight of her nation's expectations more than tamura. "my goal at sydney?" she said. "at best a gold, at worst a gold." tamura survived a near-upset in the semifinals when she was awarded a decision over north korean cha hyon-hyang.
as a contest, her final match against lyubov bruletova of russia was an anticlimax, as tamura used an uchimata (inner thigh throw) to score ippon after only 36 seconds. tamura was mobbed by photographers and cameramen who broke down the barrier separating the athletes from the media. she was kept up doing live television interviews until 3am, when she was finally able to lock herself into her room at the olympic village.
alone at least, she burst into tears and then placed her gold medal on her pillow and fell asleep. at the athens olympic games in 2004, ryoko tamura, whose name is now ryokotani - her husband yoshitomo tani is a member of the japanese baseball team - defended her title won in sydney in 2000 and won the gold medal in the - 48kg, ahead of french woman frédérique jossinet. she thus became the first judoka to retain her olympic title.
生日：1975年9月6日
出生地：福冈，日本
国籍: 日本
项目: 柔道
参加奥运会时间：
1992年西班牙巴塞罗纳夏季奥运会
1996年美国亚特兰大夏季奥运会
2000年澳大利亚悉尼夏季奥运会
2004年希腊雅典夏季奥运会
奥运成绩:
金牌2 枚
银牌2 枚
其他成绩:
世界锦标赛
金牌 6枚 1993年1995年1997年1999年2001年2003年
铜牌 1枚 1991年
以柔克刚
1992年西班牙巴塞罗纳夏季奥运会女子柔道48公斤级比赛中，来自日本的16岁的柔道选手田村亮子击败对手卡伦闯入决赛。在决赛中，田村亮子 不敌世界冠军法国运动员诺瓦克，但是第一次参加奥运会的田村亮子已经显示出自己的实力和潜力。在接下来的四年比赛中，田村亮子全部获胜，身高只有1米46 的田村在日本深受欢迎，她的成功带动日本女子柔道热潮的兴起。1996年，田村亮子带着84场连胜的纪录到来美国亚特兰大奥运会赛场，她的第一位对手是来 自朝鲜的16岁运动员桂顺姬，尽管桂顺姬此前只是个不知名的运动员，但她没有在两届世界冠军面前束手就擒，从比赛一开始，桂顺姬就向田村发起一轮又一轮的 攻击，给田村来了个措手不及，尽管最终田村亮子夺取银牌，但桂顺姬仍然让田村遗憾的离开亚特兰大。奥运会后，田村亮子继续她在国际赛场上的不败生涯，悉尼 奥运会上，田村亮子成为日本队夺金的最大希望，田村亮子也信心十足：“悉尼的目标？最好是枚金牌，最坏是枚金牌”。在半决赛中，田村亮子击败了朝鲜选手车 英云，决赛对阵来自俄罗斯的列博夫，在比赛开始36秒后，田村就取得领先，并顺利夺得金牌。夺冠后，成为日本英雄的田村被媒体和记者包围了，她的现场访问 一直持续到凌晨三点才结束。看着用自己心血和汗水换来的这枚奥运金牌，田村在运动员村的房间里终于控制不住情绪，流下了热泪，当天晚上，她将这枚金牌放在 枕头上，陪她度过了这个不眠之夜。2004年希腊雅典夏季奥运会上，田村成功卫冕，她也成为第一位在奥运赛场上卫冕成功的柔道运动员。