Risako Kinjo
| File:Risako Kawai2.jpg Kinjo in 2021 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born | 21 November 1994 (age 31) |
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) (2016) |
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) (2016) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Japan |
| Sport | Wrestling |
Event | Freestyle |
Medal record | |
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Risako Kinjo (née Kawai) (金城 梨沙子, Kinjo Risako; born 21 November 1994)[1] is a Japanese wrestler. She is a two-time gold medalist at the Olympic Games, a three-time gold medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a four-time gold medalist at the Asian Wrestling Championships.
She finished second at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas[2] and represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal by defeating Maria Mamashuk of Belarus 3-0.
She celebrated her Olympic gold medal victory by delivering two fireman's carry takedowns to her coach (Kazuhito Sakae).[3]
Kawai's Olympic gold medal was one of four won by Japan's women's wrestling team at the 2016 Rio games.[4]
In 2021, Kawai won the gold medal in the 57 kg wrestling division at the Tokyo Olympics. Her younger sister Yukako had won gold in the 62 kg division the previous day.[5]
Championships and accomplishments
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- Wrestling Special Award (2016, 2017)[6]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Risako Kinjo at the International Wrestling DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Risako Kinjo at United World Wrestling
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- Risako Kinjo at Olympic.org (archived)
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- Japanese female sport wrestlers
- Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic wrestlers for Japan
- Olympic gold medalists for Japan
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
- 21st-century Japanese sportswomen
- Martial artists from Ishikawa Prefecture
- Asian Games bronze medalists in wrestling
- Japanese sport wrestler stubs
- Japanese Olympic medalist stubs