The first Woman National Coach is Tina Takahashi. After a remarkable competitive career, the Ontarian trained as a coach in Montreal under the direction of Sensei Hiroshi Nakamura. In 1988, she coached the National Women’s Team at the Seoul Olympic Games, where women’s judo was presented for the first-time as a demonstration sport. Two of her students, Nathalie Gosselin and Michelle Buckingham, represented Canada at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.