| Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Weight class | +93 kg, Open |
| Worlds rank | 1 |
| Worlds year | 1975 |
| Worlds year 2 | 1979 |
| Regionals rank | 1 |
| Regionals year | 1974 |
| Olympics rank | 3 |
| Olympics year | 1976 |
| Olympics weight | Men's +93 kg |
| Updated | 21 June 2023 |
Sumio Endo (遠藤 純男, Endō Sumio, born 3 October 1950) is a Japanese judoka, Olympic medalist and world champion.
Endo is from Kōriyama, Fukushima. After graduation from Nihon University, He belonged to Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.
Endo received a bronze medal in the heavyweight class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[1][2] He is world champion from 1975 and from 1979.
As of 2008, Endo coaches judo at North Asia University in Akita, Japan. He is also one of the 'Frontier Ambassadors' of his hometown Koriyama City.[3]
References
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- ^ "1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Judo" Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 30 November 2008)
- ^ "フロンティア大使のプロフィール等|郡山市公式ウェブサイト" (in Japanese). www.city.koriyama.lg.jp. Retrieved 2020-02-25.