Aaron Wolf (judoka)

Aaron Phillip Wolf (ウルフ・アロン, Urufu Aron, born 25 February 1996) is a Japanese judoka who won a gold medal at the 2017 World Judo Championships in Budapest and a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He is the son of a Japanese mother, Mikako, and an American father, James, who teaches English at a Japanese university.

Aaron Wolf
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (1996-02-25) 25 February 1996
Shin-Koiwa, Japan
OccupationJudoka
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportJudo
Weight class–100 kg
Rank     5th dan black belt
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games (2020)
World Champ. (2017)
Asian Champ. (2021)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo 100 kg
2020 Tokyo Mixed team
World Championships
2017 Budapest 100 kg
2019 Tokyo 100 kg
Asian Games
2022 Hangzhou Mixed team
Asian Championships
2021 Bishkek 100 kg
World Masters
2019 Qingdao 100 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2018 Osaka 100 kg
2024 Paris 100 kg
2019 Paris 100 kg
2021 Antalya 100 kg
2016 Paris 100 kg
2016 Baku 100 kg
2019 Osaka 100 kg
2023 Ulaanbaatar 100 kg
2024 Antalya 100 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2015 Ulaanbaatar 100 kg
2015 Tashkent 100 kg
2018 Budapest 100 kg
2019 Budapest 100 kg
2017 Düsseldorf 100 kg
World Juniors Championships
2014 Fort Lauderdale 100 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF17383
JudoInside.com92408
Updated on 31 March 2024.

Wolf became the first athlete of U.S. descent to win the All-Japan Openweight Judo Championships with his victory on 29 April 2019. On 15 May 2019 he was promoted to 5th dan.

He qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and won the gold medal in the 100 kg competition at the 2020 Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

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