Masashi Nishiyama
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Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi | 9 July 1985||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | –90 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic Games | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Champ. | R32 (2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asian Champ. | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 25 May 2023 |
Masashi Nishiyama (西山将士, Nishiyama Masashi, born 9 July 1985) is a Japanese judoka who won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is competing for the Nippon Steel Corporation Judo Club.[1]
Biography
[edit]Nishiyama was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture[2] and graduated from the Kokushikan University in Tokyo.[1] In the early 2000s he was competing in the 100 kg category but then moved to the 90 kg division.[3]
Competitions
[edit]Nishiyama was defeated in the selection competitions for the 2012 London Olympics, but nevertheless was selected for the national team.[4] In London, he was defeated in the quarter-finals, and won the bronze medal via repechage, against Kirill Denisov, by judges decision.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Masashi Nishiyama". www.london2012.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012.
- ^ 【柔道】平岡(60キロ級)五輪切符 西山将(90キロ級)上川(100キロ超級)も. chugoku-np.co.jp
- ^ Masashi Nishiyama Archived 2012-01-11 at the Wayback Machine at judoinside.com
- ^ 西山将 決勝敗退も初代表入り 篠原監督は金星評価. sponichi.co.jp (2012-05-14)
External links
[edit]- Masashi Nishiyama at the International Judo Federation
- Masashi Nishiyama at JudoInside.com
- Masashi Nishiyama at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Masashi Nishiyama at Olympics.com
- Masashi Nishiyama at Olympedia
- Masashi Nishiyama at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Masashi Nishiyama at The-Sports.org
- Masashi Nishiyama on X
Categories:
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Japanese male judoka
- Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka for Japan
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- People from Shimonoseki
- Summer World University Games medalists in judo
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
- 21st-century Japanese sportsmen
- Japanese judo biography stubs