Kenzo Nakamura

Kenzo Nakamura

Personal information
Born	1973
Medal record Men's Judo Representing  Japan Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta - 71 kg World Championships 1997 Paris -71 kg Asian Games 1998 Bangkok -73 kg Asian Championships 1995 New Delhi -71 kg 2000 Osaka -73 kg East Asian Games 1997 Busan -71 kg Universiade 1995 Fukuoka -71 kg

Kenzo Nakamura (中村兼三, Nakamura Kenzō^?, born October 18, 1973) is a retired judoka who won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He is the younger brother of 1993 World Judo Championships gold medalist Yoshio Nakamura and 1996 Olympic silver medalist Yukimasa Nakamura.

Nakamura was born in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. He entered Tokai University in 1992, and was successful in several judo competitions, winning a gold medal at the 1995 Summer Universiade in his hometown of Fukuoka, and a gold medal at the 1995 Asian Judo Championships in New Delhi, India. He entered Asahi Kasei after graduating, and won the All-Japan Judo Championships in 1996 to gain a spot on the Japanese Olympic judo team for the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he won a close decision victory over Kwak Dae-Sung of South Korea to receive a gold medal. Both Nakamura and Kwak were unaggressive throughout the match, and Kwak gained a lead in points after a warning was issued to Nakamura for inactivity. However, Kwak was penalized in turn for an illegal move with only three seconds remaining in the match, and Nakamura won the gold medal with a 2-1 decision in his favor.

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