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Hifumi Abe
(阿部一二三)

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Born
1997 (27 years old)

Birth Place

Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Position
Fighter

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Ethnicity
Asian

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Height
1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)

Weight
66 kg (145 lb)

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Japan Judo

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Olympics Judo

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Hifumi Abe (阿部一二三, Abe Hifumi, born 9 August 1997) is a Japanese judoka.

Abe rose to prominence after becoming Youth Olympic champion in 2014. He won the Tokyo Grand Slam later that year, at just 17-years-old, beating then-World Champion Masashi Ebinuma. He was the silver medalist at the junior World Championships in Fort Lauderdale.

Abe is the current national half-lightweight champion at the All-Japan Judo Championships and won the gold medal in the 66 kg competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as well as the 2024 Paris Olympics.