Kaori Icho

Kaori Icho (Japanese: 伊調 馨, Hepburn: Ichō 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 Pürevdorjiin Orkhon of Mongolia. This was her first loss after a long domination.[1]

Kaori Icho
Icho at the 2008 Olympics
Personal information
Native name伊調馨
NationalityJapanese
Born13 June 1984 (1984-06-13) (age 39)
Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in) (2016)
Weight61 kg (134 lb) (2016)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
ClubSogho Security Services
Coached byKazuhito 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
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 58 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Chalkida 63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2003 New York 63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2005 Budapest 63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2006 Guangzhou 63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2007 Baku 63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2010 Moscow 63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Istanbul 63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2013 Budapest 63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Tashkent 58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Las Vegas 58 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2002 Busan 63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha 63 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Silver medal – second place 2016 Krasnoyarsk 58 kg
Asian Wrestling Championships
Gold medal – first place2004 Tokyo63 kg
Gold medal – first place2005 Wuhan63 kg
Gold medal – first place2007 Bishkek63 kg
Gold medal – first place2008 Jeju63 kg
Gold medal – first place2011 Tashkent63 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Xi'an57 kg

She is the first female in any sport to win individual-event gold at four consecutive Olympics.[2] On October 20, 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 younger sister of Chiharu Icho.

Championships and accomplishments

See also

References
  1. "Icho, Hamada Roll While Tsargush, 'Gazi' Rocked at Yarygin Grand Prix". wrestrus.ru. Archived from the original on 24 February 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  2. "Wrestler Kaori Icho makes history with fourth straight gold". BBC Sport. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  3. "東京スポーツ プロレス大賞：選考経過（2000～2009）". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  4. "東京スポーツ プロレス大賞（2010～）". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 December 2017.


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