Yuka Kagami
![]() Kagami at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (2001-09-14) 14 September 2001 (age 22) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 76 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yuka Kagami (born 14 September 2001) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. In 2023, she won the gold medal in her event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She is a two-time medalist, including gold, at the Asian Wrestling Championships.
Career
Kagami won the bronze medal in the girls' freestyle 73 kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[1]
In 2019, at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, she won the silver medal in the women's 72 kg event.[2] In that same year, she also won the gold medal in the women's 72 kg event at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China.[3][4] At the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Budapest, Hungary she won the silver medal in the 76 kg event.[5][6]
Kagami won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[7][8] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[9][10]
In 2023, Kagami won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[11][12] She defeated Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan in her gold medal match.[11][12] She also earned a quota place for Japan for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[13] Kagami won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the Olympics.[14][15] She defeated Kennedy Blades of the United States in her gold medal match.[14][15]
Achievements
Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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2019 | Asian Championships | Xi'an, China | 1st | Freestyle 72 kg |
2022 | Asian Championships | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 2nd | Freestyle 76 kg |
World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 3rd | Freestyle 76 kg | |
2023 | World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 1st | Freestyle 76 kg |
2024 | Summer Olympics | Paris, France | 1st | Freestyle 76 kg |
References
- ^ "Women's Freestyle 73 kg Results" (PDF). 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "U.S. Wrestlers Win Five Medals, Two Gold, At Ivan Yarygin Memorial International". Team USA. 27 January 2019. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ "2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2020.
- ^ "2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Medalists (Collated)". China.org.cn. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ Morgan, Liam (31 October 2019). "Japan win three gold medals in women's freestyle at UWW Under-23 World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ Houston, Michael (21 April 2022). "World champion Yoshimito among winners of Asian Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ "2022 Asian Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ Burke, Patrick (14 September 2022). "Susaki and Morikawa earn Japanese double at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ a b Burke, Patrick (20 September 2023). "Japan enjoy clean sweep of women's freestyle golds on day five of World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ a b "2023 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Paris 2024 – Wrestling" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ a b Khalatyan, Rafael (11 August 2024). "Wrestling: Two golds for Japan, one for Tazhudinov". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
External links
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- Yuka Kagami at the International Wrestling Database
- Yuka Kagami at Olympedia
- Yuka Kagami at United World Wrestling
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- 1987:
Patricia Rossignol (FRA)
- 1989:
Miyako Shimizu (JPN)
- 1990:
Yayoi Urano (JPN)
- 1991:
Liu Dongfeng (CHN)
- 1992:
Liu Dongfeng (CHN)
- 1993:
Liu Dongfeng (CHN)
- 1994:
Mitsuko Funakoshi (JPN)
- 1995:
Liu Dongfeng (CHN)
- 1996:
Liu Dongfeng (CHN)
- 1997:
Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)
- 1998:
Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)
- 1999:
Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)
- 2000:
Christine Nordhagen (CAN)
- 2001:
Edyta Witkowska (POL)
- 2002:
Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)
- 2003:
Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)
- 2005:
Iris Smith (USA)
- 2006:
Stanka Zlateva (BUL)
- 2007:
Stanka Zlateva (BUL)
- 2008:
Stanka Zlateva (BUL)
- 2009:
Qin Xiaoqing (CHN)
- 2010:
Stanka Zlateva (BUL)
- 2011:
Stanka Zlateva (BUL)
- 2012:
Jenny Fransson (SWE)
- 2013:
Zhang Fengliu (CHN)
- 2014:
Adeline Gray (USA)
- 2015:
Adeline Gray (USA)
- 2017:
Yasemin Adar (TUR)
- 2018:
Adeline Gray (USA)
- 2019:
Adeline Gray (USA)
- 2021:
Adeline Gray (USA)
- 2022:
Yasemin Adar (TUR)
- 2023:
Yuka Kagami (JPN)
- 1987–2001: 75 kg
- 2002–2013 : 72 kg
- 2014–2017 : 75 kg
- 2018–present : 76 kg