is a female wrestler from

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, Japan. She is

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in the

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. On 8 August 2012, Obara won the women's 48kg freestyle wrestling gold in her first Olympic Games at London's Excel Arena.

Awards

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'' ** Wrestling Special Award (2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012)

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* Japanese female sport wrestlers Living people 1981 births Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Japan Martial artists from Aomori Prefecture Sportspeople from Hachinohe Olympic medalists in wrestling Olympic wrestlers for Japan Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon World Wrestling Championships medalists Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Japanese sportswomen {{Japan-wrestling-bio-stub