Uta Abe

Uta Abe
Abe in February 2024
Personal information
Native name阿部 詩
Born (2000-07-14) 14 July 2000
Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
OccupationJudoka
Height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Sport
Country Japan
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍52 kg
Rank     3rd dan black belt
ClubNippon Sport Science University
TeamAll-Japan National Team
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games (2020)
World Champ. (2018, 2019, 2022,
2023, 2025)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo‍–‍52 kg
2020 TokyoMixed team
2024 ParisMixed team
World Championships
2018 Baku‍–‍52 kg
2019 Tokyo‍–‍52 kg
2022 Tashkent‍–‍52 kg
2023 Doha‍–‍52 kg
2025 Budapest‍–‍52 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2017 Tokyo‍–‍52 kg
2018 Paris‍–‍52 kg
2018 Osaka‍–‍52 kg
2020 Düsseldorf‍–‍52 kg
2021 Tashkent‍–‍52 kg
2021 Kazan‍–‍52 kg
2022 Tokyo‍–‍52 kg
2023 Tokyo‍–‍52 kg
2024 Antalya‍–‍52 kg
2025 Baku‍–‍52 kg
2016 Tokyo‍–‍52 kg
2019 Osaka‍–‍52 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2017 Düsseldorf‍–‍52 kg
2018 Hohhot‍–‍52 kg
2019 Hohhot‍–‍52 kg
2022 Zagreb‍–‍52 kg
World Juniors Championships
2017 Zagreb‍–‍52 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF35696
JudoInside.com97066
Updated on 15 June 2025

Uta Abe (阿部 詩, Abe Uta; born 14 July 2000) is a Japanese judoka who competes in the Women's half-lightweight (52 kg) division. She won the gold medal in the Women's 52 kg competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics and two silver medals in a row with the Japanese team in the judo mixed team events at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. Abe is also a four-time world champion, having won the gold medal in her weight category at the World Judo Championships in 2018, 2019, 2022, and 2023.

She rose to prominence after winning her first senior gold medal, aged just 16, at the 2017 Judo Grand Prix Düsseldorf, thus becoming the youngest IJF senior competition winner in history.

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