Ayumi Tanimoto

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| country = Japan

| weight_class = –63 kg

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| worlds_rank = 2

| worlds_year = 2005

| worlds_weight = Women's 63 kg

| regionals_type = AS

| regionals_rank = 1

| regionals_year = 2001

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| regionals_year2 = 2002

| regionals_weight2 = Women's 63 kg

| regionals_year3 = 2004

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| olympics_rank = 1

| olympics_year = 2004

| olympics_weight = Women's 63 kg

| olympics_year2 = 2008

| olympics_weight2 = Women's 63 kg

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{{Medal|Country| {{JPN}} }}

{{Medal|G| 2004 Athens | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2008 Beijing | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2005 Cairo | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2001 Munich | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2007 Rio de Janeiro | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2002 Busan | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2006 Doha | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2001 Ulaanbaatar | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2004 Almaty | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2000 Nabeul | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

| updated = 30 May 2023

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{{nihongo|Ayumi Tanimoto|谷本歩実|Tanimoto Ayumi}} born 4 August 1981, in Anjo, Aichi, is a Japanese judoka. She was coached by Toshihiko Koga, who is a gold medalist at the Barcelona Olympics and a silver medalist at the Atlanta Olympics Men's Judo.{{cite Sports-Reference}}

Tanimoto won the Women's {{nbnd}}63 kg category gold medal at the Athens Olympics in 2004 and at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

In September 2005, she won the silver medal at the World judo championships in Cairo, Egypt.

Retirement

Tanimoto retired from competitive judo in September 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.komatsu.com/CompanyInfo/press/2010092116302910646.html|title=Ayumi Tanimoto Retiring from Judo Competition|publisher=Komatsu Limited|date=21 September 2010|access-date=30 September 2017}} In 2015, she became the assistant manager of Komatsu's judo club.{{cite web|url=https://home.komatsu/en/judo/history/|title=History of the Women's Judo Club|publisher=Komatsu Limited|access-date=30 September 2017}} For the Rio 2016 Olympics, she was a coach for the women's judo team.{{cite web|url=http://www.joc.or.jp/games/olympic/riodejaneiro/sports/judo/team/|title=柔道日本選手団|trans-title=Japan's Judo Team|publisher=Japanese Olympic Committee|access-date=30 September 2017}} She is completing a postgraduate degree at Hirosaki University, and listed as a women's junior coach for the All Japan Judo Federation.{{cite web|url=http://www.judo.or.jp/aboutus/kyouka|title=強化委員会|trans-title=Strengthening Committee|publisher=All Japan Judo Federation|date=1 April 2017|access-date=30 September 2017}} Additionally, she was a board member of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee.{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/17/national/tokyo-olympic-organizing-committee-gets-28-new-members-including-seven-women/|title=Tokyo Olympic organizing committee gets 28 new members, including seven women|publisher=The Japan Times|first=Masaaki|last=Kameda|date=17 March 2014|access-date=30 September 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://tokyo2020.jp/en/organising-committee/structure/officer/|title=Executive Board Members|publisher=Tokyo 2020|date=25 September 2017|access-date=30 September 2017}}