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'''Nicolas Yonezuka''' is a former American competitor in the sport of [[Judo|judo]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Strunsky, Steve|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/28/sports/sumo-wrestling-a-big-man-in-a-small-circle-who-may-be-olympic-bound.html|title=SUMO WRESTLING - A Big Man in a Small Circle Who May Be Olympic-Bound|work=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|date=1999-06-28|accessdate=2018-08-19}}</ref> He was born in 1965,<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite journal|url=https://www.rennamedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/WatchungMay14.pdf|title=Watchung Hills RHS Hall of Fame inducts nine|issue=20|date=May 2014|author=Mathews, Eleanor}}</ref> and is from New Jersey.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NtIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA73|title=Black Belt|date=December 1981|volume=19|number=12|publisher=[[Active Interest Media]]|issn=0277-3066}}</ref> Yonezuka attended Watchung Hills Regional High School, where he made the schools Hall of Fame.<ref name=autogenerated1/> He was taught judo by his father, [[Yoshisada Yonezuka]].<ref>[http://www.nekodokarate.com/about_masters.htm Seiko Seito Goju-Ryu Karate-Do Kyokai History]</ref> Nicolas was a 5 time US National Judo Champion,<ref name=autogenerated1/> and qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but did not compete due to the U.S. Olympic Committee's [[1980 Summer Olympics boycott|boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics]] in Moscow, Russia at the age of 16.<ref name=autogenerated1/> He was one of 461 athletes to receive a [[List of Congressional Gold Medal recipients|Congressional Gold Medal]] many years later.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Caroccioli, Tom|author2=Caroccioli, Jerry|title=Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=Highland Park, IL|isbn=978-0942257403|pages=243-253}}</ref><ref>[https://judoinfo.com/usolympic/ US Olympic Judo Teams 1964 to present] Retrieved 2018-08-19.</ref> |
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'''Nicolas Yonezuka'''<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite journal |author=Mathews, Eleanor |date=May 2014 |title=Watchung Hills RHS Hall of Fame inducts nine |url=https://www.rennamedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/WatchungMay14.pdf |issue=20}}</ref> is a former American competitor in the sport of [[judo]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Strunsky, Steve|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/28/sports/sumo-wrestling-a-big-man-in-a-small-circle-who-may-be-olympic-bound.html|title=SUMO WRESTLING - A Big Man in a Small Circle Who May Be Olympic-Bound|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=1999-06-28|accessdate=2018-08-19}}</ref> |
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== Early life == |
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Yonezuka is from New Jersey.<ref>{{cite journal |date=December 1981 |title=Black Belt |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NtIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA73 |journal=Black Belt. Buyer's Guide |publisher=[[Active Interest Media]] |volume=19 |issn=0277-3066 |number=12}}</ref> He attended Watchung Hills Regional High School, where he made the schools Hall of Fame.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> He was taught judo by his father, [[Yoshisada Yonezuka]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Seiko Seito Goju-Ryu Karate-Do Kyokai History |url=http://www.nekodokarate.com/about_masters.htm |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=www.nekodokarate.com}}</ref> |
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== Athletic career == |
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Nicolas was a 5 time US National Judo Champion,<ref name="autogenerated1" /> and qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but did not compete due to the U.S. Olympic Committee's [[1980 Summer Olympics boycott|boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics]] in Moscow, Russia at the age of 16.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> He was one of 461 athletes to receive a [[List of Congressional Gold Medal recipients|Congressional Gold Medal]] many years later.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Caroccioli, Tom |title=Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games |author2=Caroccioli, Jerry |publisher=New Chapter Press |year=2008 |isbn=978-0942257403 |location=Highland Park, IL |pages=243–253}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=US Olympic Judo Teams 1964 to present {{!}} Judo Info |url=https://judoinfo.com/usolympic/ |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=judoinfo.com}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 15:53, 25 October 2023
Nicolas Yonezuka[1] is a former American competitor in the sport of judo.[2]
Early life[edit]
Yonezuka is from New Jersey.[3] He attended Watchung Hills Regional High School, where he made the schools Hall of Fame.[1] He was taught judo by his father, Yoshisada Yonezuka.[4]
Athletic career[edit]
Nicolas was a 5 time US National Judo Champion,[1] and qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but did not compete due to the U.S. Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia at the age of 16.[1] He was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal many years later.[5][6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Mathews, Eleanor (May 2014). "Watchung Hills RHS Hall of Fame inducts nine" (PDF) (20).
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Strunsky, Steve (1999-06-28). "SUMO WRESTLING - A Big Man in a Small Circle Who May Be Olympic-Bound". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
- ^ "Black Belt". Black Belt. Buyer's Guide. 19 (12). Active Interest Media. December 1981. ISSN 0277-3066.
- ^ "Seiko Seito Goju-Ryu Karate-Do Kyokai History". www.nekodokarate.com. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
- ^ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry (2008). Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.
- ^ "US Olympic Judo Teams 1964 to present | Judo Info". judoinfo.com. Retrieved 2023-04-23.