is a wrestler from Japan. She won the gold medal in the women's 69 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She also won the gold medal in her event at the

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held in Paris, France.

Career

She competes in the 67kg division and won the gold medal at the

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in the same division defeating

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in the final. She also won the bronze medal the

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. She won the gold medal in women's freestyle (69kg) at the

2016 Olympic Games ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

in Rio de Janeiro. In 2021, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's 68 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

Championships and accomplishments

* ''

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'' ** Wrestling Special Award (2016, 2017)

References

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