Ayumi Tanimoto

Ayumi Tanimoto
Personal information
Born (1981-08-04) 4 August 1981
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryJapan
SportJudo
Weight class–63 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games (2004, 2008)
World Champ. (2005)
Asian Champ. (2001, 2002, 2004)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
2004 Athens ‍–‍63 kg
2008 Beijing ‍–‍63 kg
World Championships
2005 Cairo ‍–‍63 kg
2001 Munich ‍–‍63 kg
2007 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍63 kg
Asian Games
2002 Busan ‍–‍63 kg
2006 Doha ‍–‍63 kg
Asian Championships
2001 Ulaanbaatar ‍–‍63 kg
2004 Almaty ‍–‍63 kg
World Juniors Championships
2000 Nabeul ‍–‍63 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF6358
JudoInside.com11972
Updated on 30 May 2023

Ayumi Tanimoto (谷本 歩実, Tanimoto Ayumi) born 4 August 1981, in Anjo, Aichi, is a Japanese judoka. She was coached by Toshihiko Koga, who is a gold medalist at the Barcelona Olympics and a silver medalist at the Atlanta Olympics Men's Judo. Tanimoto won the Women's ‍–‍63 kg category gold medal at the Athens Olympics in 2004 and at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

In September 2005, she won the silver medal at the World judo championships in Cairo, Egypt.