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Yoshisada Yonezuka
Olympic Judo coach
Born | (1937-05-19)May 19, 1937 |
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Died | October 18, 2014(2014-10-18) (aged 77) Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S. |
Yoshisada Yonezuka (米塚 義定, Yonezuka Yoshisada, May 19, 1937 – October 18, 2014), was a Judo instructor and two time U.S.
Olympic Judo Team coach.
Yonezuka was the head coach of the U.S. Olympic Judo Team.
Personal life
He began training in track and sumo as a child. In 1954, he began to train in judo in high school and became the Northern Japan High School Champion in 1955. He entered Nihon University in 1956.[1] His children includes a son, Nicolas Yonezuka and a daughter, Natacha Yonezuka-Gullo.[2] Yonezuka died at Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack, New Jersey, on October 18, 2014, of complications of Myelodysplastic syndrome, a rare form of blood cancer that resembles acute leukemia.
A bone marrow drive was attempted to no avail.[3]
Martial arts career
After defeating nine 2nd degree blackbelts in succession at the Kodokan