Doug Rogers (judoka)
Alfred Harold Douglas Rogers (January 26, 1941 – July 20, 2020) was a Canadians, Canadian Olympic Games, Olympic competitor in judo, and the first Canadian to win an Olympic medal in the sport. He was an honoured member in the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. His best results were a silver medal in the Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's +80 kg, 1964 Tokyo Olympics and a gold medal at the Judo at the Pan American Games, Pan American Games, in Judo at the 1967 Pan American Games – Men's Open, 1967. He was a student of Masahiko Kimura. Biography Doug Rogers arrived in Japan in 1960 at the age of 19 with the specific intention of working on his judo. As a youth he had won the Ontario Minor Hockey Championships, where he finished the tournament's highest-scoring defenceman (ice hockey), defenceman. At age 15, he had joined the judo club at the Montreal YMCA. It was not long before his sensei there told him there was nothing left for him to teach and directed him over to Fred O ...
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Isao Inokuma
was a Japanese judoka. He won a gold medal in the Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's +80 kg, heavyweight division (above 80 kg) at the Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics, 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and a World Judo Championships, world title in 1965 World Judo Championships, 1965. Early life and education Inokuma was born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, and took up judo at age 15. He entered the Tokyo University of Education (current University of Tsukuba) and won the All-Japan Judo Championships in 1959 at only 21 years of age, to become the first student competitor to win the championship. He placed second in the All-Japan Championships in 1960 and 1961, both times losing to the future Olympic silver medalist and lifelong friend Akio Kaminaga.Fighting Spirit by Isao Inokuma
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