Hitomi Obara

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Hitomi Obara
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Obara at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medal record
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

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]

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