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Keiji Suzuki
	Keiji (right) at final of All-Japan Judo Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	3 June 1980 (age 44); Jōsō, Ibaraki, Japan
Alma mater	Kokushikan University
Occupation	Judoka
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–100 kg, +100 kg, Open
Rank	7th dan black belt
Coached by	Koichi Iwabuchi; Hitoshi Saito
Kumite	Left
Position	Heisei Kanzai
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(2004)
World Champ.	(2003, 2005)
Asian Champ.	(2002)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing Japan
Olympic Games
World Championships
Asian Games
Asian Championships
World Masters
IJF Grand Slam
IJF Grand Prix
World Juniors Championships
Summer Universiade
Profile at external databases
IJF	1777
JudoInside.com	6559
	Updated on 30 May 2023

Keiji Suzuki (鈴木桂治, Suzuki Keiji, born 3 June 1980 in Jōsō, Ibaraki)^[2] is a Japanese judoka and sports scientist.

Suzuki won the Olympic gold medal in the heavyweight (+100 kg) division in 2004. He is also a two-time world champion.

Suzuki is noted for being a remarkably small judoka in the heavyweight division; he also regularly competed in the light-heavyweight (‍–‍100 kg) class.

Suzuki is known as having some of the best Ashi-waza of all heavyweights.

Suzuki was eliminated in the first round of the +100 kg event at the 2010 World Championships in Yoyogi, Japan, via ippon by Janusz Wojnarowicz of Poland.^[3]

Suzuki dislocated his shoulder in the semi-finals of the 2012 All-Japan Judo Championships and subsequently announced his retirement as he was not selected to represent Japan at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Suzuki was appointed Men's Heavyweight Coach for the Japanese team by the new head coach, his friend and former rival Kosei Inoue.

References

^ "IJF Dan Grades Awardees" (PDF). International Judo Federation. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Keiji Suzuki". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
^ Kyodo News, "Ex-champ Suzuki falls at first hurdle", Japan Times, 10 September 2010, p. 11.