Risako Kawai

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Risako Kawai
川井 梨紗子
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Personal information
Nationality Japanese
Born 21 November 1994 (1994-11-21) (age 29)
Tsubata, Ishikawa Prefecture
Height 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) (2016)
Weight 61 kg (134 lb) (2016)
Sport
Country Japan
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Freestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
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Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 57 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Paris 60 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Budapest 59 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Nur-Sultan 57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Las Vegas 63 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta 62 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Astana 63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bangkok 63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 New Delhi 60 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 New Delhi 57 kg

Risako Kawai (川井 梨紗子 Kawai 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 won gold in the 62 kg division the previous day.[5]

Championships and accomplishments

References

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External links

  • Risako Kawai at the International Wrestling DatabaseLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:If preview/configuration' not found.
  • Risako Kawai at the International Olympic CommitteeLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).



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