Hifumi Abe

Hifumi Abe (阿部 一二三, Abe Hifumi, born 9 August 1997) is a Japanese judoka.

Hifumi Abe
Personal information
Native name阿部 一二三
Nickname(s)The Flamethrower, ひふみん (hifumin)
Born (1997-08-09) 9 August 1997
Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
OccupationJudoka
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
Country Japan
SportJudo
Weight class66 kg
Rank     4th dan black belt
ClubPark24 (2020–)
TeamAll-Japan National Team
Coached byKeiji Suzuki
Sinchon Atsushi
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games (2020)
World Champ. (2017, 2018, 2022,
( 2023)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo 66 kg
2020 Tokyo Mixed team
World Championships
2017 Budapest 66 kg
2018 Baku 66 kg
2022 Tashkent 66 kg
2023 Doha 66 kg
2019 Tokyo 66 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2014 Tokyo 66 kg
2016 Tyumen 66 kg
2016 Tokyo 66 kg
2017 Paris 66 kg
2017 Tokyo 66 kg
2018 Ekaterinburg 66 kg
2019 Osaka 66 kg
2020 Düsseldorf 66 kg
2021 Antalya 66 kg
2022 Budapest 66 kg
2023 Tokyo 66 kg
2024 Antalya 66 kg
2018 Osaka 66 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2015 Tashkent 66 kg
2015 Ulaanbaatar 66 kg
2018 Zagreb 66 kg
World Juniors Championships
2014 Fort Lauderdale 66 kg
World Cadets Championships
2013 Miami 66 kg
Asian Cadet Championships
2012 Taipei 60 kg
Youth Olympic Games
2014 Nanjing 66 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF13208
JudoInside.com85604
Updated on 29 March 2024.

Abe rose to prominence after becoming Youth Olympic champion in 2014. He won the Tokyo Grand Slam later that year, at just 17-years-old, beating then-World Champion Masashi Ebinuma. He was the silver medalist at the junior World Championships in Fort Lauderdale.

Abe is the current national half-lightweight champion at the All-Japan Judo Championships and won the gold medal in the 66 kg competition at the 2020 Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

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