Hitomi Obara
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| Medal record | ||
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| Women's freestyle wrestling | ||
| Representing File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | ||
| Olympic Games
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| Gold medal – first place | 2012 London | 48 kg |
| World Championships | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 2000 Sofia | 51 kg |
| Gold medal – first place | 2001 Sofia | 51 kg |
| Gold medal – first place | 2005 Budapest | 51 kg |
| Gold medal – first place | 2006 Guangzhou | 51 kg |
| Gold medal – first place | 2007 Baku | 51 kg |
| Gold medal – first place | 2008 Tokyo | 51 kg |
| Gold medal – first place | 2010 Moscow | 48 kg |
| Gold medal – first place | 2011 Istanbul | 48 kg |
| Asian Games | ||
| Bronze medal – third place | 2010 Guangzhou | 48 kg |
| Asian Championships | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 2000 Seoul | 51 kg |
| Gold medal – first place | 2005 Wuhan | 51 kg |
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Hitomi Obara née Sakamoto (小原 日登美, Obara Hitomi; 4 January 1981 – 18 July 2025) was a Japanese female wrestler from Hachinohe, Aomori. She was Captain in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. On 8 August 2012, Obara won the women's 48kg freestyle wrestling gold in her first Olympic Games at London's Excel Arena.[1]
Hitomi Obara died on 18 July 2025, at the age of 44. She had previously been diagnosed with depression and an eating disorder.[2]
Awards
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- Wrestling Special Award (2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012)[3][4]
References
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External links
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Categories:
- 1981 births
- 2025 deaths
- Japanese female sport wrestlers
- 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
- 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
- Asian Games bronze medalists in wrestling
- Japanese Olympic medalist stubs
- Japanese sport wrestler stubs