Jack Yonezuka competes at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Jack Yonezuka

Olympian 2024

Senior World Championships: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 ... Junior World Championships: 2023 (Silver), 2022 (Bronze), 2021

Athlete Bio 

Age

23

Hometown

West Long Branch, NJ

Name: Jack Yonezuka

Weight Category: 73 kg

Club: NYAC / Cranford JKC

Birthdate: May 20, 2003

Career Highlights
  • IJF World Ranking as of April 2026 (73kg): #10
  • 2026 Senior Pan Am Championships Silver Medalist
  • 2026 Upper Austria Grand Prix Bronze Medalist
  • 2025 Senior Pan Am Championships Gold Medalist
  • 2024 Paris Olympic Games: (73kg) 17th
  • 2024 Upper Austria Grand Prix Bronze Medalist
  • 2023 Junior World Silver Medalist
  • 2022 Junior World Bronze Medalist
  • 2022 USA Judo Senior National Champion

International Judo Federation Competition History:  Jack Yonezuka IJF Profile

Personal: At just 21 years old, Yonezuka was the youngest member of the U.S. Olympic Judo Team in Paris. Yonezuka hails from one of the most storied families in USA Judo. He is the son of 1980 Olympian Nick Yonezuka and the grandson of two-time Olympic coach Yoshisada Yonezuka. Although Yonezuka’s grandfather passed away in 2014, the club he founded, Cranford Judo JKC, has produced nine Olympians from 1980 – 2021. Yonezuka made history as a junior, becoming the first U.S. man to win two medals at the Junior World Championships with bronze in 2022 and silver in 2023. In March of 2024, Yonezuka won his first World Tour medal with a bronze at the Upper Austria Grand Prix, becoming the second U.S. man to win a Grand Prix medal during the Paris quadrennium.

Athlete News 

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Event Schedule 

2025 USA Judo Youth National Championships

USA Judo is pleased to welcome you to the 2025 Youth National Championships at the Salt Palace Convention Center.The Youth Nationals draws more than 500 of the best athletes from ages 5-20 throughout the nation annually to vie for National Championship...

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2024 USA Judo Junior Olympic National and International Championships

USA Judo is pleased to welcome you to the USA Judo Junior National and International Junior Olympic Championships in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Competition will take place at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center and will serve as the trials for both t...

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