*anese judoka

Tatsuhiro Muramoto (村元 辰寛, Muramoto Tatsuhiro, born 4 September 1976) is a retired *anese judoka.

Muramoto is from Nagasaki, Nagasaki and began judo at the age of 6. He belonged to Asahi Kasei after graduation from Tenri University in 1999.

Muramoto was good at Uchimata and Harai goshi.

In 2000, he won a gold medal at the Asian Championships held in Osaka, *an. He was also participate All-*an Championships 8 times. He was expected to get medal of Olympic Games or World Championships but could not participate by the trouble of the knee since 1995.

Muramoto retired in 2007. Now, he has coached judo at Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences since 2009.

Achievements

• 1991 - All-*an Junior high school Championships (+78:kg) 3rd
• 1993 - All-*an high school Championships (+95:kg) 2nd
• 1994 - World Junior Championships (+95:kg) 3rd

- All-*an high school Championships (+95:kg) 1st- Inter-highschool championships (+95:kg) 1st

• 1995 - All-*an University Championships (+95:kg) 3rd
• 1996 - World Junior Championships (+95:kg) 3rd
• 1997 - All-*an Championships (Openweight only) 2nd

- Kodokan Cup (+95:kg) 3rd

• 1998 - Paris Super World Cup (+100:kg) 3rd

- All-*an Selected Championships (+100:kg) 3rd- All-*an University Championships (Openweigh) 1st

• 1999 - Pacific Rim Championships (+100:kg) 1st

- Jigoro Kano Cup (+100:kg) 3rd- World Masters Munich (+100:kg) 3rd

• 2000 - Asian Championships (Openweight) 1st

- All-*an Selected Championships (+100:kg) 2nd

• 2001 - All-*an Championships (Openweight only) 3rd

- All-*an Selected Championships (+100:kg) 2nd

• 2002 - Paris Super World Cup (+100:kg) 2nd
• 2003 - Jigoro Kano Cup (+100:kg) 3rd

- All-*an Selected Championships (+100:kg) 2nd

• 2005 - All-*an Championships (Openweight only) 2nd

References