Luiz Onmura Explained

Full Name:Luiz Yoshio Onmura
Birth Date:29 June 1960
Birth Place:São Paulo, Brazil
Death Place:Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
Country:Brazil
Weight Class:‍–‍65 kg, ‍–‍71 kg
Worlds Rank:R16
Worlds Year:1979
Worlds Year2:1987
Regionals Type:AM
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:1980
Regionals Year2:1988
Olympics Rank:3
Olympics Year:1984
Olympics Weight:Men's 71 kg
Updated:19 June 2023

Luiz Yoshio Onmura (29 June 1960 – 1 November 2024) was a Brazilian judoka. He represented Brazil at the 1980, 1984 and the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1] [2] Onmura won a bronze medal in the men's lightweight division (71 kg), alongside Great Britain's Kerrith Brown at the 1984 Games.[3]

Onmura died from squamous-cell cancer of the tongue in Santos, on 1 November 2024, at the age of 64.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Luís Onmura . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203181420/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/on/luiz-onmura-1.html . 3 December 2016 . 17 May 2018.
  2. Web site: .: Revista Época :. Editora Globo . 25 September 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716094222/http://epoca.globo.com/especiais/2004/olimpiadas/rep_judo.htm . 16 July 2011. pt.
  3. Web site: Medalhas de Judô nas Olimpíadas de Los Angeles, 1984 - UOL Esporte . 25 September 2010. pt.
  4. Web site: Luiz Onmura, medalhista de bronze do judô em Los Angeles 1984, morre aos 64 anos . Luiz Onmura, Los Angeles 1984 judo bronze medalist, dies at 64 . 2 November 2024 . pt.