Akari Fujinami (Japanese: 藤波朱理; born 11 November 2003) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler.[1][2] She won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[3] She has won 150 straight national and international bouts since her loss at the National Junior High School Wrestling Championships in 2017.[4]
 Fujinami in 2024 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 藤波朱理 |
| Born | 11 November 2003 Yokkaichi, Japan |
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Relative | Yuhi Fujinami (brother) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Wrestling |
| Weight class | 53 kg |
Event | Freestyle |
Medal record | |
Career
editFujinami won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[5][6] She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[7][8]
Fujinami won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[9] She also won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.[10] She defeated Pang Qianyu of China in her gold medal match.[10]
In 2024, Fujinami won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event at the Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[11] She defeated Lucía Yépez of Ecuador in her gold medal match.[11]
Awards
edit- Women's Wrestling Hall of Fame
- WWHOF Award (1 time)
- Amateur Wrestler of the Year (2025)
- WWHOF Award (1 time)
References
edit- ↑ "Internet Wrestling Database profile". iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrestling/. Archived from the original on 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
- ↑ "17歳藤波朱理が初出場V 兄は17年世界選手権銅" [17-year-old Akari Fujinami won the World Championships in her first appearance. Her brother won bronze at the 2017 World Championships]. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan. 2020-12-20. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- ↑ "FUJINAMI Akari". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024.
- ↑ "国内外86連勝の超逸材など日本女子レスリングは早くも世代交代？ 続々と現れる金メダル級のニューヒロインたち" [Starting with a super-talented wrestler who has won 86 consecutive victories at home and abroad, is Japan's women's wrestling already undergoing a generational change? New heroines of the gold medal caliber emerging one after another] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 2021-10-10. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- ↑ Burke, Patrick (6 October 2021). "Adelaine Maria Gray wins sixth title at Wrestling World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ↑ "2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ↑ "Japan dominate second day of women's bouts at Asian Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. 22 April 2022. Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ↑ "2022 Asian Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ↑ "2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- 1 2 "2022 Asian Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- 1 2 "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
External links
edit- Akari Fujinami at United World Wrestling
- Akari Fujinami at the International Wrestling Database
- Akari Fujinami at Olympics.com
- Akari Fujinami at Olympedia
- Akari Fujinami at InterSportStats
- Akari Fujinami at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)
- Akari Fujinami on Instagram
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