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Japanese freestyle wrestler
Sakura Motoki
Motoki at the 2024 Olympics
Personal information
Native name元木咲良
Born (2002-02-20) 20 February 2002 (age 22)
Saitama, Japan
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb; 9.8 st)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportWomen's freestyle wrestling
Event62 kg
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 62 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Belgrade 62 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Belgrade 59 kg
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Bishkek 62 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2023 Zagreb 62 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Sofia 59 kg
World Cadets Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Zagreb 46 kg

Sakura Motoki (元木 咲良, Motoki Sakura, born 20 February 2002) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler competing in the 62 kg division. She won the gold medal in the women's 62 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Career

Sakura Motoki reached the semi-finals in the women's freestyle 59 kg category at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, by defeating Turkish Ebru Dağbaşı in the first round with a 5–0 lead and Alyona Kolesnik, competing for Azerbaijan, in the quarter-finals with a 6–0 lead. She lost to Anastasia Nichita from Moldova 7–5 in the semi-final. In the bronze medal match, she won the bronze medal by beating China's Zhang Qi with a pin while leading 7–0.

In 2023, Motoki competed in the women's 62 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia and won the silver medal. As a result, she earned a quota place for Japan for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

In 2024, she won the silver medal in the women's 62 kg event at the Asian Wrestling Championships held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Motoki won the gold medal in the women's 62 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. She defeated Iryna Koliadenko of Ukraine in her gold medal match.

Achievements

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2022 World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd Freestyle 59 kg
2023 World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 2nd Freestyle 62 kg
2024 Asian Championships Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 2nd Freestyle 62 kg
Summer Olympics Paris, France 1st Freestyle 62 kg

References

  1. "Sakura Motoki profile page". uww.org.
  2. ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (10 August 2024). "Wrestling: Petriashvili finally gets his hands on gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  3. "59kg Bracket" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  4. "2023 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  5. "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Paris 2024 – Wrestling" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  6. "2024 Asian Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

External links

Olympic Champions in women's freestyle middleweight
  • 2004–2016: 63 kg
  • 2020–present: 62 kg
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