Sanshiro Murao
{{Short description|Japanese judoka (born 2000)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox judoka
| name = Sanshiro Murao
| image = Sanshiro Murao 2024.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|8|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| height =
| country = Japan
| weight_class = {{nbnd}}90 kg
| rank =
| dan =
| olympics_rank = 2
| olympics_year = 2024
| olympics_weight = Men's 90 kg
| worlds_rank = 3
| worlds_year = 2023
| worlds_weight = Men's 90 kg
| regionals_type = AS
| regionals_rank = 1
| regionals_year = 2022
| regionals_weight =
| regionals_year2 = 2024
| regionals_weight2 =
| nationals =
| show-medals =
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport| Men's judo }}
{{Medal|Country| {{JPN}} }}
{{Medal|Competition| Olympic Games }}
{{Medal|S| 2024 Paris | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|S| 2024 Paris | Mixed team }}
{{Medal|Competition| World Championships }}
{{Medal|G| 2019 Tokyo | Mixed team }}
{{Medal|G| 2023 Doha | Mixed team }}
{{Medal|B| 2023 Doha | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| Asian Championships }}
{{Medal|G| 2022 Nur{{nbh}}Sultan | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|G| 2024 Hong Kong | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| World Masters }}
{{Medal|G| 2022 Jerusalem | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Slam }}
{{Medal|G| 2021 Kazan | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|G| 2022 Paris | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|G| 2022 Budapest | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|G| 2023 Tokyo | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|G| 2024 Antalya | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|G| 2024 Tokyo | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|G| 2025 Baku | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|S| 2019 Düsseldorf | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|S| 2023 Tashkent | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2018 Osaka | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2022 Tokyo | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Prix }}
{{Medal|S| 2019 Zagreb | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| World Juniors Championships }}
{{Medal|S| 2018 Nassau | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}
| updated = 16 February 2025
}}
{{Nihongo|Sanshiro Murao|村尾 三四郎|Murao Sanshirō|born 28 August 2000}} is a Japanese judoka.
Murao was born in New York City in 2000, but grew up in Japan.{{cite web| title=Sanshiro Murao| url=https://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/sanshiro-murao-1924733| publisher=NBC Universal|access-date=2024-08-02}} He attended Tokai University.{{citation|title=Olympics: Japan's Murao denied gold in Paris Games men's 90-kg judo | newspaper=Kyodo News |date=July 31, 2024 |url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/07/876c23ec1064-olympics-murao-books-semis-spot-niizoe-falls-in-judo-at-paris-games.html}}
Murao won a medal at the 2019 World Judo Championships.[http://judolive01.lb.judobase.org/www.judo-world.net/ijf/world/wc_sen_teams2019/tta.php?tta_mode=team&aktion=pdf_sheet&klasse=m&sprache=english 2019 World Judo Championships results]
Murao won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Paris held in Paris, France.
Murao won the silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic games.{{Cite web |title=MURAO Sanshiro |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/sanshiro-murao_1896750 |access-date=31 July 2024}}
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Category:Martial artists from New York City
Category:American emigrants to Japan
Category:Tokai University alumni
Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen
Category:Olympic judoka for Japan
Category:Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Japan
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic medalists in judo
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