Aaron Phillip Wolf (ウルフ・アロン, Urufu Aron, born 25 February 1996) is a Japanese judoka[2] 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.[3]
Wolf became the first athlete of U.S. descent to win the All-Japan Judo Championships with his victory on 29 April 2019. On 15 May 2019 he was promoted to 5th dan.
Wolf qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[4] and won the gold medal in the 100 kg competition at the 2020 Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[5]
References
edit- ^ "WOLF Aaron". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ "Aaron Wolf". judoinside.com. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ Oki, Yui (24 July 2019). "Aaron Wolf Links Japan and U.S. Through Judo". American View. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Japan's Tokyo 2020-bound judo stars win gold at Asia-Oceania Judo Championships". www.insidethegames.biz. 8 April 2021. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "2020 Summer Olympics — Judo - Men 100 kg Schedule". 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
External links
edit- Aaron Wolf at the International Judo Federation
- Aaron Wolf at JudoInside.com
- Aaron Wolf at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Aaron Wolf at Olympics.com
- Aaron Wolf at Olympedia
- Aaron Wolf at The-Sports.org
- Aaron Wolf on Instagram
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