death_date death_place children birth_place other_names martial_art name birth_date spouse rank article_title birth_name death_cause
21 november 2009 brooklyn , new york , usa chris stewart kanokogi , ted kanokogi , jean kanokogi brooklyn , new york , usa rusty kanokogi , rena stewart judo rena kanokogi 30 june 1935 ryohei kanokogi 7th '' dan '' judo rena kanokogi
 rena glickman leukemia
rena kanokogi

rena `` rusty '' kanokogi -lrb- july 30 , 1935 -- november 21 , 2009 -rrb- , née glickman , was a renowned jewish-american judo expert from brooklyn , new york .
in 1959 , disguised as a man , she won a medal at a ymca judo tournament , but had to return it after acknowledging that she was a woman .
traveling to japan to continue her judo training , kanokogi became the first woman allowed to train in the men 's group at the kodokan .
she is perhaps best known for pioneering women 's judo competition at the olympic games .
