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Nick Yonezuka

Senior World Championships: 2024, 2023, 2022 ... Junior World Championships: 2022, 2021 ... Cadet World Championships: 2019

Athlete Bio#

Age

22

Hometown

West Long Branch, NJ

Education

Rutgers University (2022), Bachelor's degree in computer science

Weight Category: 81 kg

Club: NYAC / Cranford Judo & Karate Center

Career Highlights
  • Current World Ranking: 65
  • 2021 USA Judo Senior National Champion
  • 2x Continental Open Medalist

International Judo Federation Competition HistoryNick Yonezuka IJF Profile

Personal:

Born into one of the most storied judo families in the nation, Yonezuka was named after his father, 1980 Olympian Nick Yonezuka, and grew up training in the club founded by his grandfather, two-time Olympic Coach Yoshisada Yonezuka. Training and competing alongside his younger brother and National Teammate, Jack Yonezuka, Nick qualified to represent Team USA for the first time at the 2019 Cadet World Championships and later went on to compete at two Junior World Championships (2021 and 2022) as well as the 2022 Senior Worlds. A Senior National Champion by the age of 19, Yonezuka has hopes of adding to his family's Olympic history by competing on the world's largest stage in Paris or Los Angeles. 

Competition History:

2023:

  • Bronze - U.S. Open
  • Seventh - Montreal Pan American Open


2022:

  • Gold - USA Judo Junior Olympic Championships (IJF-Junior)
  • Silver - USA Judo Senior National Championships
  • Seventh - Senior Pan American Championships 


2021:

  • Gold - USA Judo Senior National Championships
  • Gold - Guayaquil Pan American Open 
  • Silver - Punta Cana Pan American Open


2020:

  • Silver - Junior Pan American Championships (73 kg)

2019:

  • Gold - USA Judo Youth National Championships (Cadet 73 kg)
  • Gold - USA Judo Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet 73 kg)
  • Bronze - USA Judo Senior National Championships (73 kg)
  • Bronze - Cadet Pan American Championships (73 kg)


2018:

  • Silver - Montreal Cadet Pan American Cup (73 kg)

Athlete News#

Event Schedule#

2025 USA Judo Youth National Championships

USA Judo is pleased to welcome you to the 2025 Youth National Championships at the Salt Palace Convention Center.The Youth Nationals draws more than 500 of the best athletes from ages 5-20 throughout the nation annually to vie for National Championship...

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2024 USA Judo Youth National Championships

USA Judo is pleased to welcome you to the 2023 Youth National Championships at the Georgia International Convention Center.The Youth Nationals draws more than 500 of the best athletes from ages 5-20 throughout the nation annually to vie for National Ch...

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