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Biography
Uta Abe (阿部 詩, Abe Uta, born 14 July 2000) is a Japanese judoka.
Personal life
Uta Abe is the sister of current 66 kg standout judoka, and two-time world champion, Hifumi Abe.
Judo career
Abe became the youngest ever Judoka to win an IJF (International Judo Federation) Grand Prix, when she captured first place at the Düsseldorf Grand Prix in February 2016.
She participated at the 2018 World Judo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan and won her first world title at 18 years of age, making her the third-youngest Judoka to ever capture a senior World title.Abe firstly defeated Polish judoka, Pienkowska and Kocher of Switzerland. She then defeated Jessica Pereira of Brazil and in the semi-finals she defeated Amandine Buchard of France in under 40 seconds, by armlock to make her way into the finals. In the finals, Abe was matched with teammate and former-world champion Ai Shishime, and defeated Shishime with a spectacular uchi-mata in golden score for ippon.