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Yoshiyuki Matsuoka (松岡義之, Matsuoka Yoshiyuki?, born on March 6, 1957 in Hyogo, Japan) is a retired judoka from Japan, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he won the gold medal in the men's half-lightweight division (– 65 kg), after having defeated South Korea's Hwang Jung-Oh in the final by Seoi Nage learned from Shozo Fujii[1], 4 times world champion (1971 - 1979).
As of 2007, Matsuoka coaches judo club of Komatsu Limited. Among his students is world champion Ayumi Tanimoto.
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