PrevNames: Ryoko Tani-Tamura Hobbies: Driving, taking traditional Japanese hotbaths and shopping. (ijnet.or.jp 22/06/99) Occupation: Employee at Toyota Motor Corp. Education: Science of Sports Training - Nihon Taiiku University Graduate School: Tokyo, Setagaya-ku, JPN MarStatus: Married LangSpoken: Japanese Posicion_Style: Seionage (Japanese Judo Federation 06/05/03) Sporting_Relatives: Her husband, Yoshitomo Tani, is a professional baseball player and Olympian. (ONS 12/08/04) Injuries: She suffered a serious knee injury in a freak accident on Friday 13th July 2001, when in a training session she was crushed by a heavyweight colleague grappling on an adjacent mat. She sustained torn ligaments. (Japanese Judo Federation 06/05/03) AddInformation: Training Regime Trains for three hours a day.
When and where did you begin this sport? Age eight, Japan.
Why this sport? "When I observed my brother practising judo, I saw girls throwing guys and that fascinated me."
Hero / Idol Karen Briggs and Yasuhiro Yamashita, "who know the difficulty and the wonderfulness of winning by defending their championships for so long." (Athlete 26/06/00)
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