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RIP Toshihiko Koga

creeper1 · 2021-03-24 04:53:36

I just learned koga passed away. Really famous judoka that even non grapplers may have heard of. He was a gold medalist at the 1992 Olympics and when he only won silver in 1996 his opponent subsequently failed a drug test later in his career. He was a master of one armed shoulder throw and if anybody could be considered…

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24-03-2021 5:53am

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creeper1

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I just learned koga passed away. Really famous judoka that even non grapplers may have heard of.

He was a gold medalist at the 1992 Olympics and when he only won silver in 1996 his opponent subsequently failed a drug test later in his career.

He was a master of one armed shoulder throw and if anybody could be considered “fit” then it would be him.

Unfortunately it seems cancer got him

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