LIMHWAN KIM
Korean judoka Lim-Hwan Kim was in the final of the World Championships 2019 in Tokyo against Joshiro Maruyama. Kim won the bronze at the Grand Slam in Baku in 2014 and bronze at the Grand Prix in Qingdao in 2015 U66kg. In 2016 he won the Grand Prix in Samsun. He took silver at the Grand Slam in Düsseldorf in 2019. Lim-Hwan clinched a gold medal at the gold Grand Prix in Hohhot in 2019 and took silver at the Grand Slam in Paris in 2020.
JOSHIRO MARUYAMA
Japanese judoka Joshiro Maruyama is the current World Champion of 2019 won in Tokyo. Maruyama defeated Abe a few times won silver at the Grand Slam in Tokyo in 2017 and Paris Grand Slam 2018. He captured gold at the Grand Slam in Osaka in 2018 against Abe. Maruyama won the World Masters in 2018 in Guangzhou and gold at the Grand Slam in Düsseldorf in 2019. World Mixed team gold in Tokyo in 2019.
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