Hikari Yamada

Japanese judoka

佐々木光

Born

4 October 1967, Numazu

Citizenship

Japan

Sport

judo

Occupation

judoka

Hikari Sasaki (佐々木 光, Hikari Yamada; née Sasaki Sasaki (佐々木); born 4 October 1967) is a Japanese judoka. She was born in Numazu, Shizuoka, and started judo at the age of 15. At the 1988 Summer Olympics she won the gold medal in the Women's Middleweight (‍–‍66 kg) category(Women's Judo as a demonstration sport). She also won silver and bronze medals at the 1987 and 1989 World Judo Championships.

External links

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Facts from Wikidata Q11202577 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.