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Yuka Kagami

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Yuka Kagami
Kagami at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Born (2001-09-14) 14 September 2001 (age 23)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class76 kg
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 76 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Belgrade 76 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Belgrade 76 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Xi'an 72 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Ulaanbaatar 76 kg
World U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Budapest 76 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Silver medal – second place 2019 Krasnoyarsk 72 kg
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Buenos Aires 73 kg

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

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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

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Year Tournament Location Result Event
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

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  1. ^ "Women's Freestyle 73 kg Results" (PDF). 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2020.
  4. ^ "2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Medalists (Collated)". China.org.cn. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  7. ^ Houston, Michael (21 April 2022). "World champion Yoshimito among winners of Asian Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  8. ^ "2022 Asian Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  9. ^ Burke, Patrick (14 September 2022). "Susaki and Morikawa earn Japanese double at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  10. ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ a b Khalatyan, Rafael (11 August 2024). "Wrestling: Two golds for Japan, one for Tazhudinov". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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