About Yoriko Okamoto
Born 1971. Yoriko Okamoto is a Japanese taekwondo athlete.
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.
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.
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Personal life Okamoto is a 1996 graduate of the Waseda School of Human Sciences, and currently works at Runes Kanazawa Co. Ltd. She is a Christian.
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Who is Yoriko Okamoto?
Japanese taekwondoin
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Yoriko Okamoto was born on 6 September 1971 in Kadoma.
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Yoriko Okamoto is a taekwondo athlete.
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Yoriko Okamoto is Japanese.
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