The 27-year old Kiyomi Watanabe will compete for the second time in the Summer Olympics after her first stint in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Watanabe qualfies in the women's 63kg division via continental quota in Judo for Paris Olympics.
She remains the lone female judoka to compete in Olympics following John Baylon, Jerry Dino, Benjie McMurray, Tomohiko Hoshina, and Kodo Nakano.
Watanabe started competing for Team Philippines in 2011 SEA Games. She is a multiple gold medalist in SEA Games (in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019).
She won bronze medal in the 2013 Asian Youth Judo Championship (AYJC) in China and gold medal in the following year held in Hong Kong. It was Philippines' first gold medal in AYJC. She also won medal in 2018 Asian Games where she bagged silver medal and collected medals in IJF Grand Slam events.
The 92nd ranked judoka is reportedly to travel to Paris, France on July 24, six days before competing against the 27 best judokas in the world in her division.
The competition in judo will start on July 27 but Watanabe's division is scheduled on July 30.
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