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オリンピックの柔道で3連覇を果たした野村忠宏選手（40）が8月24日、引退を表明した。公式サイトで「野村忠宏 現役最後の勝負」と題した記事でこう綴っている。
野村忠宏より、応援してくださるみなさまへのメッセージです。
8月29日に出場する全日本実業柔道個人選手権大会で引退する事を決めました。
現役最後の勝負、精一杯戦います。
応援よろしくお願いします。
（野村忠宏 現役最後の勝負 | 野村 忠宏オフィシャルウェブサイト 2015/08/24）
野村は1974年、奈良県生まれ。道場を開いていた父のもとで柔道を始め、天理高校、天理大学を経て1996年のアトランタオリンピックに出場し金メダル。2000年シドニー、2004年アテネでも優勝し、柔道史上初のオリンピック3連覇を達成した。2008年北京、2012年ロンドンも出場を目指したが、代表に選出されなかった。
背負い投げなど豪快な立ち技が魅力で、一本を取りにいく柔道が人々を魅了した。
野村忠宏 画像集
GREECE OLYMPICS JUDO(01 of24)
Japan\'s Tadahiro Nomura, right, celebrates his gold medal in the Men\'s extra-light Judo, with silver medal winner Nestor Khergiani of Georgia, left, at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens, Greece Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
GREECE OLYMPICS JUDO(02 of24)
Japan\'s Nomura Tadahiro, right, throws Georgia\'s Nestor Khergiani during the Judo Men\'s extra light final at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004. Tadahiro won the gold. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
GREECE OLYMPICS JUDO(03 of24)
Japan\'s Nomura Tadahiro celebrates after defeating Georgia\'s Nestor Khergiani to win the gold medal during the Judo Men\'s extra light event at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
GREECE OLYMPICS JUDO(04 of24)
Japan\'s Tadahiro Nomura, center, celebrates his gold medal in the Men\'s extra-light Judo, with silver medal winner Nestor Khergiani of Georgia, and bronze medal winner Khashbaatar Tsagaanbaatar of Mongolia at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens, Greece Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
GREECE OLYMPICS JUDO(05 of24)
Japan\'s Nomura Tadahiro, right, throws Georgia\'s Nestor Khergiani during the Judo Men\'s extra light final at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004. Tadahiro won the gold. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
GREECE OLYMPICS JUDO(06 of24)
Sydney\'s gold medalist Tadahiro Nomura, from Japan, beats Dominican Republic\'s Modesto Lara during the first round of the Judo Men\'s extra light event at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
GREECE OLYMPICS JUDO(07 of24)
Sydney\'s gold medalist Tadahiro Nomura, from Japan, beats Dominican Republic\'s Modesto Lara during the first round of the Judo Men\'s extra light event at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
2000 Sydney Olympic(08 of24)
Japan Tadahiro Nomura bites his men\'s 60 kg judo gold medal in Sydney, Saturday, Sept 16, 2000. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
2000 Sydney Olympic(09 of24)
Japan\'s Tadahiro Nomura, in white, tosses China\'s Yunbing Jia during their qualifying men\'s 60 kg judo match at the XXVII Summer Games in Sydney, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2000. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
2000 Sydney Olympic(10 of24)
Japan\'s Tadahiro Nomura, in white, celebrates after defeating Korea\'s Bu-Kyung Jung in the men\'s 60 kg Judo to take the gold medal at the XXVII Summer Games in Sydney, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2000. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
2000 Sydney Olympic(11 of24)
China\'s Yunbing Jia tries to pin down Japan\'s Tadahiro Nomura during their qualifying men\'s 60 kg judo match at the XXVII Summer Games in Sydney, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2000. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
OLYMPICS JPN KOR(12 of24)
Japan\'s Tadahiro Nomura, in white, throws South Korea\'s Jung Bu Kyung, in blue, after winning the men\'s 60 kg judo at the XXVII Summer Games in Sydney, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2000. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
FRANCE JUDO WORLDS(13 of24)
Olympic champion Tadahiro Nomura of Japan reacts after he defeated Georg Revazishvili of Georgia to win the gold medal in the under 60-kilogram class on the final day of the world judo championships at Bercy stadium in Paris Sunday Oct. 12, 1997. (AP Photo/Michel Lipchitz) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1996 Summer Olympics(14 of24)
Japanese gold medalist Tadahiro Nomura, right, and silver medalist Ryoko Tamura show their Olympic judo medals during a news conference at the Centennial Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Friday July, 26, 1996. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1996 Summer Olympics(15 of24)
Japan\'s Tadahiro Nomura holds his gold medal after winning the extra-lightweight judo event at the Centennial Summer Olympics in Atlanta Friday, July 26, 1996. Dorjpalam Narmandakh, of Mongolia, took the silver medal. (AP Photo/Karl-Heinz Kreifelts) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1996 Summer Olympics(16 of24)
Japan\'s Tadahiro Nomura, right, pulls Italy\'s Girolamo Giovinazzo onto the mat during the gold medal extra-lightweight judo bout at the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta Friday July 26, 1996. Nomura defeated Giovinazzo and won the gold. (AP Photo/Deither Endlicher) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
OLYMPICS(17 of24)
Italy\'s Girolamo Giovinazzo stands dejected after loosing the gold medal to Japan\'s Tadahiro Nomura in the men\'s extra-lightweight judo match at the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, on Friday, 26, 1996. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1996 Summer Olympics(18 of24)
Japan\'s Tadahiro Nomura reacts after winning the men\'s extra-lightweight judo final against Italy\'s Girolamo Giovinazzo at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, on Friday, 26, 1996. Nomura captured the gold medal. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Japan's Tadahiro Nomura shows his gold m(19 of24)
Athens, GREECE: Japan\'s Tadahiro Nomura shows his gold medal after winning the men\'s under 60 kg judo final, 14 August 2004 at the Ana Liosia Olympic Hall in Athens, at the 2004 Olympic Games. AFP PHOTO FRANCK FIFE (Photo credit should read FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCK FIFE via Getty Images)
Mens -60kg Medal Ceremony(20 of24)
ATHENS - AUGUST 14: Tadahiro Nomura of Japan (2ndL) poses on the podium after winning the gold medal in the men\'s judo -60 kg class event with the other medal winnerson August 14, 2004 during the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens, Greece. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) (credit:Jamie Squire via Getty Images)
Mens -60kg Medal Ceremony(21 of24)
ATHENS - AUGUST 14: Tadahiro Nomura of Japan stands on the podium after winning the gold medal in the men\'s judo -60 kg class event on August 14, 2004 during the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens, Greece. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) (credit:Jamie Squire via Getty Images)
Mens -60kg Medal Ceremony(22 of24)
ATHENS - AUGUST 14: Tadahiro Nomura of Japan celebrates winning the gold medal in the men\'s judo -60 kg class event on August 14, 2004 during the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens, Greece. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) (credit:Jamie Squire via Getty Images)
Japan's Tadahiro Nomura jubilates after(23 of24)
Athens, GREECE: Japan\'s Tadahiro Nomura jubilates after taking home the gold in the final of the men\'s judo under 60 kg, 14 August 2004 at the Ana Liosia Olympic Hall in Athens, at the 2004 Olympic Games. Nomura captured a third straight Olympic Games gold medal when he narrowly outpointed Georgian Nestor Khergiani (L)while the bronze medals went to Khashbaatar Tsagaanbaatar of Mongolia and South Korea\'s Choi Min-Ho. AFP PHOTO FRANCK FIFE (Photo credit should read FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCK FIFE via Getty Images)
Mens -60kg Gold Contest(24 of24)
ATHENS - AUGUST 14: Tadahiro Nomura of Japan celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men\'s judo -60 kg class gold medal contest on August 14, 2004 during the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens, Greece. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) (credit:Jamie Squire via Getty Images)
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