Mashu Baker

Mashu Baker
Personal information
Native nameベイカー 茉秋
NationalityJapanese
Born (1994-09-25) 25 September 1994 (age 30)
Tokyo, Japan
Home townTokyo, Japan
Alma materTokai University
OccupationJudoka
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Sport
Country Japan
SportJudo
Weight class–90 kg
ClubJFA Judo Club
TeamAll Japan National Team
Coached byMitushi Hirokawa[2]
Kosei Inoue
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesGold (2016)
World Champ.Bronze (2015)
Asian Champ.Bronze (2018)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍90 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Astana ‍–‍90 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Mixed Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta ‍–‍90 kg
World Masters
Gold medal – first place 2016 Guadalajara ‍–‍90 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tokyo ‍–‍90 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku ‍–‍90 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Tyumen ‍–‍90 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Tokyo ‍–‍90 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Düsseldorf ‍–‍90 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Paris ‍–‍90 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Tokyo ‍–‍90 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2019 Montreal ‍–‍90 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Tashkent ‍–‍90 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF15143
JudoInside.com13805
Updated on 24 May 2023

Matthew Baker (ベイカー 茉秋, Beikā Mashū, born 25 September 1994 in Tokyo), is a male Japanese judoka.[3]

His father is an American.[4] His parents divorced when he was little and was raised by his mother.[5]

He started judo at the age of 7.[6] His favorite technique is Ouchi Gari.[6] In 2015, he won the bronze medal in the Middleweight (90 kg) division at the 2015 World Judo Championships.[4] He is currently ranked No. 38 in the world (as of 2019).[7] He won the gold medal in under 90 kg division in 2016 Rio Olympics.[8]

Competitive record

Judo record[9]
Total 36
Wins 32
by Ippon 18
Losses 4
by Ippon 1

(as of 4 December 2015)

References

  1. ^ "Judo Grand-Slam Tokyo 2015: Day 3". YouTube. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. ^ "90 kg (G/M) BAKER, Mashu (JPN) - GONZALEZ, Asley (CUB) = Judo 2015 G/S - Tokyo (JPN)". YouTube. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mashu Baker". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  4. ^ a b 【柔道世界選手権】ベイカー茉秋「誇らしい銅メダル」　Tokyo Sports　2015-8-30
  5. ^ 柔道男子９０キロ級　ベイカー茉秋、母に金を 毎日新聞, 2016年8月10日
  6. ^ a b "近代柔道 2015年4月号 柔道全日本強化選手名鑑 2015 -". Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. 20 April 2015.
  7. ^ "IJF World Ranking List" (PDF). Intjudo.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  8. ^ "BAKER Mashu - Olympic Judo | Japan". Rio2016.com. 25 September 1994. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Mashu Baker: Statistics". Judobase.org. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

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