Jun Konno

is a Japanese judoka. He is four times Asian champion and also won All-Japan Judo Championships in 1994 and 1997.

Career

He is from Saitama Prefecture and began judo at the age of a seventh grader. After graduation from Nihon University, He belonged to Sohgo Security Services. He was long time before retiring itself from the high school days, a rival of Naoya Ogawa.

Konno also well known that he and Hidehiko Yoshida quarrelled at the final of All-Japan Championships in 1994, for Konno's dangerous skills like Kanibasami and Joint lock (Movie).

As of 2010, Konno coaches judo at his alma mater, Nihon University.

Achievements

1986 - World Junior Championships (+95 kg) 2nd

- All-Japan Junior Championships (+95 kg) 2nd

- All-Japan University Championships (+95 kg) 2nd

1987 - All-Japan University Championships (+95 kg) 2nd

1989 - Pacific Rim Championships (+95 kg) 1st

1990 - Jigoro Kano Cup (Openweight) 2nd

- All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) 3rd

- All-Japan Selected Championships (+95 kg) 3rd

1991 - Asian Championships (Openweight) 1st

- All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) 2nd

- All-Japan Selected Championships (+95 kg) 3rd

1993 - Asian Championships (Openweight) 1st

- All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) 2nd

- All-Japan Selected Championships (+95 kg) 3rd

1994 - Asian Games (+95 kg) 1st

- All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) 1st

1995 - Kodokan Cup (+95 kg) 2nd

1996 - All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) 5th

1997 - Asian Championships (+95 kg) 1st

- All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) 1st

1998 - All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) 5th

- Kodokan Cup (+100 kg) 1st

1999 - Jigoro Kano Cup (+100 kg) 7th

- All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) Loss

2000 - All-Japan Selected Championships (+100 kg) 3rd

References

Japanese male judoka

Sportspeople from Saitama Prefecture

1967 births

Living people

Nihon University alumni

Asian Games medalists in judo

Judoka at the 1994 Asian Games

Asian Games gold medalists for Japan

Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games

20th-century Japanese people