Mr. Kosei Inoue, who was the director of judo and boys at the Tokyo Olympics, will be appointed as the person in charge of strengthening Japanese athletes for the Paris Olympics, which is less than three years before the opening.
This was announced at the JOC = Japanese Olympic Committee coach meeting held online on the 24th.
Inoue is 43 years old from Miyazaki prefecture.
After winning a gold medal in the Judo 100kg class at the 2000 Sydney Games and retiring from active duty, he served as a coach for the Japanese men's national team.
After the London 2012 Games, he became the coach of the Japanese national team for men, leading the Japanese judo team who won five gold medals at the Tokyo Games.
Mr. Inoue, who was in charge of strengthening athletes in all competitions for the Paris competition, will conduct questionnaires to each competition group and consider necessary measures for the competition, which is less than three years before the start of the competition. I am doing it.
Mr. Inoue said, "I want to promote the strengthening speedily and efficiently. I want to be able to demonstrate the power of the athletes in cooperation with each competition group and related organizations."