Yukimasa Nakamura

Yukimasa Nakamura
Personal information
Born (1972-08-28) 28 August 1972
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryJapan
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍65 kg, ‍–‍66 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games (1996)
World Champ. (1993)
Asian Champ. (1994, 1998, 2000)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta65 kg
World Championships
1993 Hamilton65 kg
1995 Chiba65 kg
Asian Games
1994 Hiroshima65 kg
1998 Bangkok66 kg
Asian Championships
2000 Osaka66 kg
World Juniors Championships
1990 Dijon65 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF53084
JudoInside.com1472
Updated on 4 June 2023

Yukimasa Nakamura (中村 行成, Nakamura Yukimasa; born 28 August 1972) is a Japanese judoka, Olympic medalist and world champion. His older brother, Yoshio Nakamura and younger brother, Kenzo Nakamura are also former world champions.

He is from Fukuoka, Fukuoka. After graduation from Tokai University, He belonged to Asahi Kasei. He received a silver medal in the half lightweight (65 kg) division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He is world champion from 1993, and received a silver medal at the 1995 World Championships.

As of 2008, He coaches judo at Asahi Kasei with his brothers. Among their pupil are world champion Hiroshi Izumi, Masato Uchishiba and so on.