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Risako Kawai

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Risako Kawai
川井 梨紗子
Personal information
Nationality Japanese
Born 21 November 1994  ( 1994-11-21 ) (age  29)
Tsubata , Ishikawa Prefecture
Height 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) (2016)
Weight 61 kg (134 lb) (2016)
Sport
Country Japan
Sport Wrestling
Event Freestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing   Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 57 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Paris 60 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Budapest 59 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Nur-Sultan 57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Las Vegas 63 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Astana 63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bangkok 63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 New Delhi 60 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 New Delhi 57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Bishkek 59 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta 62 kg

Risako Kawai ( 川井 梨紗子 , Kawai Risako , born 21 November 1994) [1] is a Japanese wrestler. She is a two-time gold medalist at the Olympic Games , a three-time gold medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a four-time gold medalist at the Asian Wrestling Championships .

She finished second at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas [2] and represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics , winning a gold medal by defeating Maria Mamashuk of Belarus 3-0.

She celebrated her Olympic gold medal victory by delivering two fireman's carry takedowns to her coach ( Kazuhito Sakae ). [3]

Kawai's Olympic gold medal was one of four won by Japan's women's wrestling team at the 2016 Rio games. [4]

In 2021, Kawai won the gold medal in the 57 kg wrestling division at the Tokyo Olympics. Her younger sister Yukako had won gold in the 62 kg division the previous day. [5]

Championships and accomplishments [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Risako Kawai" . Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016 . Retrieved 18 August 2016 .
  2. ^ "2015 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF) . United World Wrestling . Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 May 2020 . Retrieved 30 May 2020 .
  3. ^ Video, Telegraph (19 August 2016). "Japanese wrestler Risako Kawai takes down her coach in celebration" . The Telegraph .
  4. ^ "The Women of Japan's Wrestling Team Remain the Most Dominant Force on the Planet" .
  5. ^ Landers, Serena (5 August 2021), "Wrestling: Risako Kawai Follows Sister Yukako in Winning Gold" , Japan Forward
  6. ^ "東京スポ?ツ プロレス大賞（2010～）" . Tokyo Sports (in Japanese) . Retrieved 16 December 2017 .

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