Yuka Kagami
.jpg) Kagami at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 14 September 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 76 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She is a two-time medalist, including gold, at the Asian Wrestling Championships.
Career[edit]
Kagami won the bronze medal in the girls' freestyle 73 kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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.[1] 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.[2][3] At the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Budapest, Hungary she won the silver medal in the 76 kg event.[4][5]
Kagami won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[6][7] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[8][9]
In 2023, she won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[10][11] She defeated Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan in her gold medal match.[10][11]
Achievements[edit]
| 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 |
References[edit]
- ^ "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.
External links[edit]
- Yuka Kagami at the International Wrestling Database
- Yuka Kagami at Olympedia
