Yoko Tanabe

Yoko Tanabe

Personal information
Born	January 28, 1966 (1966-01-28) (age 58) Tokyo, Japan
Medal record Women's judo Representing Japan Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona -72 kg 1996 Atlanta -72 kg World Championships 1989 Belgrade -72 kg 1991 Barcelona -72 kg 1987 Essen -72 kg 1989 Belgrade Open 1995 Chiba -72 kg

Yoko Tanabe (田辺 陽子, Tanabe Yōko, born January 28, 1966 in Tokyo) is a retired female Japanese judo wrestler.

She won two Olympic silver medals in the half-heavyweight (-72 kg) division, in 1992 and 1996.

She won All-Japan judo championships 6 times (1987–1992).

She also won a bronze medal in the -72 kg division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in [{Seoul]], where women's judo was held as a demonstration sport.

References

• Database Olympics
• Official website