Hifumi Abe Judoka
Hifumi Abe
Hifumi Abe
Country: Japan | Born: 9 August 1997 (27 years)
Hifume Abe has an impressive judo career, becoming World Champion in 2017, 2018, 2022, and 2023, and clinching the two Olympic gold medals at Paris 2024 and Tokyo 2020. He gained recognition after winning the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing in 2014 and reaching the World Junior Championships final the same year. Notably, he added silver at the World Cadet Championships in Miami. In 2016, he became the youngest winner of the Grand Slam in Tyumen and Tokyo. Abe holds the record for the most Grand Slam titles, with a total of twelve wins. He triumphed at the Grand Slam in Antalya in 2024.
Judo results
Date Result Judo event Type Cat.   
3 Aug 2024 2 Olympic Games Paris Mixed team OGMT U73
28 Jul 2024 1 Olympic Games Paris OG U66
29 Mar 2024 1 Grand Slam Antalya GSL U66
3 Dec 2023 1 Grand Slam Tokyo GSL U66
8 May 2023 1 World Championships Doha WCh U66
7 Oct 2022 1 World Championships Tashkent WCh U66
8 Jul 2022 1 Grand Slam Budapest GSL U66
3 Apr 2022 1 All Japan Judo Championships Fukuoka NC U66
25 Jul 2021 1 Olympic Games Tokyo OG U66
1 Apr 2021 1 Grand Slam Antalya GSL U66
21 Feb 2020 1 Grand Slam Düsseldorf GSL U66
22 Nov 2019 1 Grand Slam Osaka GSL U66
1 Sep 2019 1 World Team Championships Tokyo WTC U73
26 Aug 2019 3 World Championships Tokyo WCh U66
7 Apr 2019 2 All Japan Judo Championships Fukuoka NC U66
17 Dec 2018 1 2018 IJF World Ranking WRL U66
23 Nov 2018 2 Grand Slam Osaka GSL U66
27 Sep 2018 1 World Team Championships Baku WTC U73
21 Sep 2018 1 World Championships Baku WCh U66
27 Jul 2018 3 Grand Prix Zagreb GP U66
17 Mar 2018 1 Grand Slam Ekaterinburg GSL U66
17 Dec 2017 1 2017 IJF World Ranking WRL U66
2 Dec 2017 1 Grand Slam Tokyo GSL U66
29 Aug 2017 1 World Championships Budapest WCh U66
1 Apr 2017 1 All Japan Judo Championships Fukuoka NC U66
11 Feb 2017 1 Grand Slam Paris GSL U66
2 Dec 2016 1 Grand Slam Tokyo GSL U66
16 Jul 2016 1 Grand Slam Tyumen GSL U66
3 Apr 2016 1 All Japan Judo Championships Fukuoka NC U66
7 Nov 2015 3 Kodokan Cup Chiba NT U66
1 Oct 2015 1 Grand Prix Tashkent GP U66
3 Jul 2015 2 Grand Prix Ulaanbaatar GP U66
5 Apr 2015 3 All Japan Judo Championships Fukuoka NC U66
5 Dec 2014 1 Grand Slam Tokyo GSL U66
8 Nov 2014 1 Kodokan Cup Chiba NT U66
26 Oct 2014 1 World Junior Team Championships Fort Lauderdale WTCJ U66
23 Oct 2014 2 World Championships Juniors Fort Lauderdale WJC U66
13 Sep 2014 1 All Japan U21 Championships Saitama NJun U66
21 Aug 2014 3 Youth Olympic Games Team event Nanjing NCup U66
17 Aug 2014 1 Youth Olympic Games Nanjing YOG U66
9 Aug 2013 2 Cadet World Championships Miami WCadet U66
18 May 2013 1 European Cup Cadets Bielsko Biala IJFCad U66
30 Sep 2012 1 Asian U17 Championships Taipei ACadet U60
24 Mar 2012 1 International Masters Bremen U17 ITCad U60