Hifumi Abe

Fighter · Japan Judo

Nationality

Japan

Born

1997-08-09

Birthplace

Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Height

1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)

Weight

66 kg (145 lb)

Position

Fighter

Hifumi Abe (阿部 一二三, Abe Hifumi, born 9 August 1997) is a Japanese judoka. Abe rose to prominence after becoming Youth Olympic champion in 2014. He won the Tokyo Grand Slam later that year, at just 17-years-old, beating then-World Champion Masashi Ebinuma. He was the silver medalist at the junior World Championships in Fort Lauderdale. Abe is the current national half-lightweight champion at the All-Japan Judo Championships and won the gold medal in the 66 kg competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as well as the 2024 Paris Olympics.