Hifumi Abe: Difference between revisions

| country = {{JPN}}

| weight_class = {{nbnd}}66 kg

| club = [[Park24]] (2020–)

| team = All-Japan National Team

Abe is the current national half-lightweight champion at the [[All-Japan Judo Championships]] and won the gold medal in the [[Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 66 kg|66&nbsp;kg competition]] at the [[Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Olympics]] held in Tokyo, Japan.<ref name="OG">{{cite web |title=Judo - Men -66 kg Schedule |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/judo/event-schedule-men-66-kg.htm |publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] |access-date=20 July 2021 |archive-date=27 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727063730/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/judo/event-schedule-men-66-kg.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Tokyo2020">{{cite web |title=ABE Hifumi |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/judo/athlete-profile-n1315347-abe-hifumi.htm |publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] |access-date=2 September 2021 |archive-date=26 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726091017/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/judo/athlete-profile-n1315347-abe-hifumi.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

 

Abe began training judo in 2003, at the age of 6, in his hometown of [[Kōbe]] in [[Hyōgo Prefecture|Hyōgo prefecture]]. He began competing in elementary school. His father, Koji,<ref name=":0">{{Citation |last=mujaki7 |script-title=ja:野村忠宏が畳に復帰！伝説の技の秘密明かす |date=8 January 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNndyEjVwuk |accessdate=21 May 2016}}</ref> is a firefighter<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://shikanosuke.link/abehihumi/ |script-title=ja:阿部一二三の中学や高校等のプロフィール！古賀颯人はライバル？ |date=29 April 2016 |script-website=ja:しかのすけニュース |language=ja-JP |access-date=20 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://910days.com/910/supo-tu/1714/ |script-title=ja:阿部一二三の父親はどんな人？筋肉が高校生とは思えない！ |website=910days.com |access-date=21 May 2016}}</ref> at the Kobe City Fire Department.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nikkansports.com/sports/inter-high/2014/news/p-sp-tp0-20140804-1345424.html |script-title=ja:阿部一二三６戦オール一本Ｖ／柔道 |website=nikkansports.com |access-date=21 May 2016}}</ref> He was often thrown by [[Nami Nabekura]] when they were in elementary school. He said, "such an experience made me what I am".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.fujitv.co.jp/tokudane-official/E20170907001.html |script-title=ja:柔道界の"ひふみん"阿部一二三選手が生出演！小さい時は女子に負けていた！？ |date=7 September 2017 |accessdate=12 September 2018 |publisher=[[Fuji TV]] }}</ref> His name in [[kanji]] reads, "one, two, three".