Luiz Onmura

{{Short description|Brazilian judoka (1960–2024)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}

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| caption = Onmura in 2016

| full_name = Luiz Yoshio Onmura

| birth_date = {{birth date|1960|6|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = São Paulo, Brazil

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|11|1|1960|6|29|df=yes}}

| death_place = Santos, São Paulo, Brazil

| country = Brazil

| weight_class = ‍–‍65 kg, ‍–‍71 kg

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| worlds_rank = R16

| worlds_year = 1979

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| worlds_year2 = 1987

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| regionals_type = AM

| regionals_rank = 1

| regionals_year = 1980

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| regionals_year2 = 1988

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| olympics_rank = 3

| olympics_year = 1984

| olympics_weight = Men's 71 kg

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{{Medal|Sport| Men's judo }}

{{Medal|Country| {{BRA}} }}

{{Medal|Competition| Olympic Games }}

{{Medal|B| 1984 Los Angeles | {{nbnd}}71 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| Pan American Games }}

{{Medal|S| 1979 San Juan | {{nbnd}}65 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 1983 Caracas | {{nbnd}}71 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 1987 Indianapolis | {{nbnd}}71 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| Pan American Championships }}

{{Medal|G| 1980 Isla Margarita | {{nbnd}}65 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 1988 Buenos Aires | {{nbnd}}71 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 1984 Mexico CIty | {{nbnd}}71 kg }}

| updated = 19 June 2023

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Luiz Yoshio Onmura (29 June 1960 – 1 November 2024) was a Brazilian judoka. He represented Brazil at the 1980, 1984 and the 1988 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/on/luiz-onmura-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203181420/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/on/luiz-onmura-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016 |title=Luís Onmura |access-date=17 May 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://epoca.globo.com/especiais/2004/olimpiadas/rep_judo.htm |title=.: Revista Época :. Editora Globo |accessdate=25 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716094222/http://epoca.globo.com/especiais/2004/olimpiadas/rep_judo.htm |archivedate=16 July 2011|language=pt}} Onmura won a bronze medal in the men's lightweight division ({{nbnd}}71 kg), alongside Great Britain's Kerrith Brown at the 1984 Games.{{cite web |url=http://olimpiadas.uol.com.br/2008/historia/1984/medalhas-judo.jhtm |title=Medalhas de Judô nas Olimpíadas de Los Angeles, 1984 - UOL Esporte |accessdate=25 September 2010|language=pt}}

Onmura died from squamous-cell cancer of the tongue in Santos, on 1 November 2024, at the age of 64.{{cite web |url=https://ge.globo.com/judo/noticia/2024/11/02/judo-brasileiro-se-despede-de-luiz-onmura-bronze-nas-olimpiadas-de-los-angeles.ghtml |title=Luiz Onmura, medalhista de bronze do judô em Los Angeles 1984, morre aos 64 anos |trans-title=Luiz Onmura, Los Angeles 1984 judo bronze medalist, dies at 64 |accessdate=2 November 2024 |language=pt}}

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