Risako Kawai
Appearance
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Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 21 November 1994 Tsubata, Ishikawa Prefecture | (age 29)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) (2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) (2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Risako Kawai (川井 梨紗子, Kawai Risako, born 21 November 1994)[1] is a Japanese wrestler. 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]
Championships and accomplishments
- Tokyo Sports
- Wrestling Special Award (2016, 2017)[5]
References
- ^ "Risako Kawai". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ^ "2015 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ Video, Telegraph (19 August 2016). "Japanese wrestler Risako Kawai takes down her coach in celebration". The Telegraph.
- ^ "The Women of Japan's Wrestling Team Remain the Most Dominant Force on the Planet".
- ^ "東京スポーツ プロレス大賞(2010~)". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 December 2017.
External links
- {{UWW}} template missing ID.
- Risako Kawai at Olympics.com
Categories:
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Japanese female sport wrestlers
- Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic wrestlers of Japan
- Olympic gold medalists for Japan
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games medalists in wrestling
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
- Japanese sport wrestler stubs