Yoriko Okamoto

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Women's Taekwondo
Bronze	2000	57-67 kg

Yoriko Okamoto (born September 6, 1971) is the first Japanese athlete to become an Olympic taekwondo medalist, winning the bronze medal at the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics in the 57-67 kg weight class.

[edit] Personal

Okamoto was born in 1971 in Osaka, Japan. After beginning karate at age 12, she attended Waseda University in Tokyo. She spent her junior year of college studying abroad in the United States at the University of Oregon, where she began learning Taekwondo. Okamoto is a 1996 graduate of the Waseda School of Human Sciences, and currently works at Runes Kanazawa Co. Ltd.

[edit] Career Highlights

2000 Olympics: BRONZE

1998 Asian Games: Third