Luiz Yoshio Onmura (29 June 1960 – 1 November 2024) was a Brazilian

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. He represented Brazil at the

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

and the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

. Onmura won a bronze medal in the men's lightweight division (71 kg), alongside Great Britain's Kerrith Brown at the 1984 Games. Onmura died from squamous-cell cancer of the tongue in

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, on 1 November 2024, at the age of 64.

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* * * * 1960 births 2024 deaths Judoka at the 1980 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1984 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Brazil Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil Brazilian sportspeople of Japanese descent Olympic medalists in judo Brazilian male judoka Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists in judo Judoka at the 1979 Pan American Games Judoka at the 1983 Pan American Games Judoka at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Deaths from tongue cancer Deaths from cancer in São Paulo (state) {{Brazil-judo-bio-stub