Uta Abe (阿部 詩, Abe Uta, born 14 July 2000) is a Japanese judoka who competes in the Women's half-lightweight (52 kg) division.[1] She won the gold medal in the Women's 52 kg competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics and two silver medals in a row with the Japanese team in the judo mixed team events at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.[2][3] Abe is also a four-time world champion, having won the gold medal in her weight category at the World Judo Championships in 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023.
She rose to prominence after winning her first senior gold medal, aged just 16, at the 2017 Judo Grand Prix Düsseldorf, thus becoming the youngest IJF senior competition winner in history.[4][5]
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- ^ "2020 Summer Olympics — Judo - Women 52 kg Schedule". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 10 October 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "ABE Uta". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Abe makes history with Grand Prix win". Japan Times. 25 February 2017. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Abe triumphs over Hashiguchi at Grand Slam Tokyo". Japan Times. 2 December 2016. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 27 February 2017.