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Risako Kinjo
金城 梨沙子

Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	21 November 1994 (1994-11-21) (age 30) Tsubata, Ishikawa Prefecture
Height	160 cm (5 ft 3 in) (2016)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb) (2016)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Freestyle
Medal record Women's freestyle wrestling Representing  Japan Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 63 kg 2020 Tokyo 57 kg World Championships 2017 Paris 60 kg 2018 Budapest 59 kg 2019 Nur-Sultan 57 kg 2024 Tirana 59 kg 2015 Las Vegas 63 kg Asian Championships 2014 Astana 63 kg 2016 Bangkok 63 kg 2017 New Delhi 60 kg 2020 New Delhi 57 kg 2024 Bishkek 59 kg Asian Games 2018 Jakarta 62 kg

Risako Kinjo (née Kawai) (金城 梨沙子, Kinjo Risako, born 21 November 1994) 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 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).

Kawai's Olympic gold medal was one of four won by Japan's women's wrestling team at the 2016 Rio games.

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.

Championships and accomplishments

• Tokyo Sports
  • Wrestling Special Award (2016, 2017)

References

1. "Risako Kawai". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
2. "2015 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
3. Video, Telegraph (19 August 2016). "Japanese wrestler Risako Kawai takes down her coach in celebration". The Telegraph.
4. "The Women of Japan's Wrestling Team Remain the Most Dominant Force on the Planet".
5. Landers, Serena (5 August 2021), "Wrestling: Risako Kawai Follows Sister Yukako in Winning Gold", Japan Forward
6. "東京スポーツ プロレス大賞（2010～）". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 December 2017.

External links

• Risako Kinjo at the International Wrestling Database
• Risako Kinjo at United World Wrestling
• Risako Kinjo at Olympics.com
• Risako Kinjo at Olympic.org (archived)
• Risako Kinjo at Olympedia (archive)

v t e Olympic Champions in women's freestyle lightweight
2004:  Saori Yoshida (JPN) 2008:  Saori Yoshida (JPN) 2012:  Saori Yoshida (JPN) 2016:  Kaori Icho (JPN) 2020:  Risako Kawai (JPN) 2024:  Tsugumi Sakurai (JPN)
2004–2012: 55 kg 2016: 58 kg 2020–present: 57 kg

v t e Olympic Champions in women's freestyle middleweight
2004:  Kaori Icho (JPN) 2008:  Kaori Icho (JPN) 2012:  Kaori Icho (JPN) 2016:  Risako Kawai (JPN) 2020:  Yukako Kawai (JPN) 2024:  Sakura Motoki (JPN)
2004–2016: 63 kg 2020–present: 62 kg

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