SUZUKI Ricardo Saburou

Japan

Taekwondo

Date of Birth: 27 Apr 2000

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.87/6'2''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
Additional Information
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Taekwondo	Men's -80Kg

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Lin'an Sports Culture & Exhibition Centre (TKW) Court 1	Men's -80Kg Round of 16 #1409 TPE WANG TLWANG Te Lung 2 JPN SUZUKI RSSUZUKI Ricardo Saburou 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Olympic Games
Last 16	Men's Featherweight 58-68kg	2020	Tokyo, JPN
Grand Prix
2nd Round	Men's Featherweight 58-68kg	2019	Chiba, JPN
Asian Championships
Quarterfinal	Men's Lightweight 68-74kg	2022	Chuncheon, KOR

Nickname:

Gugu (Instagram profile, 07 May 2023)

Hobbies:

Playing video games. (nikkansports, 21 Apr 2021)

Education:

Daito Bunka University, Tokyo, JPN

Languages spoken:

Japanese, Spanish

Sporting relatives:

His older brother Sergio Suzuki has also represented Japan in taekwondo. He competed in the -58kg category at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and won bronze in the same category at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. (number, 14 Feb 2020; tasnimnews, 21 Aug 2018; SportsDeskOnline, 26 Jun 2023)

Start:

He took up the sport at age 10 in Bolivia. (number, 14 Feb 2020)

Reason:

He was encouraged to begin taekwondo by his older brother Sergio, so he switched to the sport from karate. (sanspo, 23 Jul 2020)

Additional Information

General
HERITAGE
He was born in Bolivia to a Japanese father and a Bolivian mother. He moved to Japan in 2018 in order to attend Daito Bunka University, where his brother Sergio studied. (number, 14 Feb 2020; jiji, 12 Feb 2020; 2020, 23 Jun 2020; fnn, 12 Feb 2020)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event