Amina Toyoda

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Amina Toyoda
Personal information
NationalityPakistani, Japanese
Born (1999-06-07) June 7, 1999 (age 24)
Japan
Sport
SportJudo
Medal record
Representing  Pakistan
South Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Kathmandu Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Kathmandu -57kg

Amina Toyoda (born: 7 June 1999)[1] is a Pakistani judoka.[2] She competes in the -57kg event.

Family[edit]

Toyoda was born in Japan to a Pakistani father, Liaquat and a Japanese mother, Keiko.[2] She speaks Japanese and a bit of English.[2] She is a dual national of Japan and Pakistan.

Career[edit]

She began her judo career at the age of five.

National[edit]

Toyodo participated for the first time at the National Championships held in Islamabad in 2019.[3] At the National Games held in Peshawar in November 2019, competing for Pakistan Army, she won gold in the open category.[4]

International[edit]

Toyoda competed at the Asian Junior Judo Championship held in Sochi, Russia[5] in 2016 where she lost to Minjung Kang of Korea in the bronze match.

Senior

In April 2019, she participated in the Asia-Pacific Judo Championships held in Fujairah, UAE where she finished fifth.[6] Later that year, she was part of the four-member team which competed at the World Judo Championships held in Japan in August 2019. She competed in the -57kg category and lost in the first round[7] by an ippon to Germany's Pauline Starke.[8] October 2019 saw her compete at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam where she lost in the second round by an ippon to Germany's Theresa Stoll.[8] In November she participated in the Osaka Grand Slam where in the second round she again lost by a ippon to US American Leilani Akiyama. In December she competed at the South Asian Games in Kathmandu, Nepal where she won a bronze medal in the -57kg event.[9] Alongside her teammates: Hamid Ali, Shah Hussain Shah, Qaiser Khan, Karamat Butt, Mohammad Hasnain, Nadeem Akram, Beenish Khan, Humaira Ashiq and Asma Rani she also won a silver medal in the mixed team event.[10]

In February 2020, she participated in the Paris Grand Slam 2020 where she lost in the first round to Germany's Ines Beischmidt by an ippon.[8] At the Bratislava European Open 2020 she lost in the first round by a waza-ari to Pole, Anna Dabrowska.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Amina Toyoda, Judoka". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  2. ^ a b c S., Narayanan (September 9, 2016). "judoka amina: Japanese or Pakistani? Judoka Amina doesn't care". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  3. ^ "26th Men and 9th Women National Judo begin today". The Nation. 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  4. ^ "Results: Judo (open) National Games 2019". nationalgames2019.pk. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  5. ^ "National Women Judo Championship to get under way". Associated Press Of Pakistan. 2019-04-29. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  6. ^ "National Judo Championships begin today". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  7. ^ "Four Pak judokas to crave for medals at World Judo Championships". BaaghiTV English. 2019-08-19. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  8. ^ a b c d "Amina Toyoda (Contests)". www.ijf.org. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  9. ^ "Judo". South Asian Games Nepal 2019. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  10. ^ "SAG medallists of judo and karate awarded". dawn.com. 2020-05-14. Retrieved 2020-11-16.