Kaori Icho

Kaori Icho

Icho at the 2008 Olympics
Personal information
Native name 伊調馨
Nationality Japanese
Born 13 June 1984 (1984-06-13) (age 33)
Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan
Height 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) (2016)
Weight 61 kg (134 lb) (2016)
Sport
Country Japan
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Freestyle
Club Sogho Security Services
Coached by Kazuhito Sakae
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Japan
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 4 – –
World Championships 10 – –
Asian Games 1 1 –
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin – 1 –
Total 15 2 0
Olympic Games
2004 Athens 63 kg
2008 Beijing 63 kg
2012 London 63 kg
2016 Rio de Janeiro 58 kg
World Championships
2002 Chalkida 63 kg
2003 New York 63 kg
2005 Budapest 63 kg
2006 Guangzhou 63 kg
2007 Baku 63 kg
2010 Moscow 63 kg
2011 Istanbul 63 kg
2013 Budapest 63 kg
2014 Tashkent 58 kg
2015 Las Vegas 58 kg
Asian Games
2002 Busan 63 kg
2006 Doha 63 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
2016 Krasnoyarsk 58 kg

Kaori Icho (Japanese: 伊調 馨, Hepburn: Icho Kaori, born 13 June 1984) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She is a ten-time World Champion and four-time Olympic Champion, winning gold in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Icho was undefeated between 2003 and 2016. On 29 January 2016 at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016 Icho lost to Orkhon Purevdorzh of Mongolia. This was her first loss after a long domination.[1]

She is the first female in any sport to win individual-event gold at four consecutive Olympics.[2] On October 20th, 2016, she was awarded the People's Honour Award by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for her achievements, the second wrestler to receive the highest award, after Saori Yoshida in 2012. She is the elder sister of Chiharu Icho.

Championships and accomplishments

References


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