Haruna Okuno
| Haruna Okuno medal table |
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|---|---|---|
| Japan | ||
| World Championship | ||
| gold | 2017 Paris | up to 55 kg |
| gold | 2018 Budapest | up to 53 kg |
| U 23 World Championship | ||
| gold | 2017 Bydgoszcz | up to 55 kg |
| Asian Games | ||
| bronze | 2018 Jakarta | up to 53 kg |
| Junior World Championships | ||
| bronze | 2014 Snina | up to 52 Cadets |
| gold | 2016 Tbilisi | up to 52 kg cadets |
| gold | 2019 Tallinn | up to 53 kg |
Haruna Okuno ( Japanese 奥 野 春 菜 , Okuno Haruna ; born March 18, 1999 ) is a Japanese wrestler . In 2017 she became world champion in the weight class up to 55 kg and in 2018 world champion in the weight class up to 53 kg body weight
Career
Haruna Okuna started wrestling at the age of 2. Soon she was at the top of all junior classes in Japan. She won some Japanese high school championships and soon the juniors of the Japanese Wrestling Association. Her first appearance at an international championship was at the Junior World Championship (Cadets) in Snina (Slovakia) in the weight class up to 52 kg. She won a bronze medal there . At the age of fifteen and a half she started in the Japanese women's championship and won a bronze medal here too.
In 2015 she became Asian Junior Champion (Cadets) in New Delhi and also Junior World Champion (Cadets) in Tbilisi in 2016 , each in the weight class up to 52 kg body weight.
In January 2017, she passed her test with women. She became the winner of the "Lady Open" in Klippan (Sweden). She referred Wanessa Kaladschinskaja from Belarus , Katarzyna Krawczyk from Poland and Stalwira Orschusch from Russia to the next places in the weight class up to 53 kg body weight . In August 2017 it was used at the World Championships in Paris in the weight class up to 55 kg. Haruna Okuna, who has been a student at Shigakkan University in Tokyo since the middle of 2017 and belongs to the wrestling club of this university, where she is trained by Kazuhito Sakae, justified the trust placed in her, because she was won with victories over Carola Rainero, Italy. Becka Leathers, USA, Biljana Schiwkowa Dudowa, Bulgaria and Odunayo Adekuoroye from Nigeria world champion.
On November 23, 2017, Haruna Okuna also competed in the U23 World Championships in Bydgoszcz in the weight class up to 55 kg, where she won over Dominique Olivia Parrish, United States, Alina Akobija, Ukraine, Bediha Gun , Turkey and Irina Kurachkina , Belarus the title. In December 2017, Haruna Okuno won the Japanese women's championship title for the first time in the weight class up to 53 kg, ahead of Yu Miyahara, Kana Higashikawa and Yuka Yago.
In March 2018, Haruna Okuno was part of the Japanese team at the Team World Cup in Takasaki, which won the final 6: 4 over China. She defeated her Chinese opponent Quyang Junling in the weight class up to 53 kg. At the Asian Games in Jakarta, she started in the weight class up to 53 kg. She had to accept a narrow point defeat there in the semifinals against Pak Yong-Mi with a score of 14:14. But with a victory over Chiu Hsin-ju from Taiwan she secured a bronze medal. Haruna Okuna was in top form at this year's World Cup, which took place in Budapest in October. She defeated Hilary Ysahine Honorine, France, Pang Qianyu, China, Maria Prevolaraki, Greece, Katarzyna Krawczyk , Poland and, in the final battle, Sarah Hildebrandt from the United States, who she won 11-0. Points off the mat prematurely and became world champion again.
At the Meiji Cup in Tokyo in June 2019, the decisive tournament for the nomination for the world championship, Haruna Okuna was defeated in the final in the weight class up to 53 kg against last year's world champion Mayu Mukaida in the weight class up to 55 kg with 2: 1 points . Their use at this year's World Cup is therefore at risk. But she started in August this year at the Junior World Championship (Juniors) in Tallinn and won the title in the weight class up to 53 kg in a superior style. In the final she defeated Anudari Nandintsetseg from Mongolia.
International success
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3. | Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Snina (Slovakia) | up to 52 kg | behind Olena Kremser , Ukraine and Alina Kasimowa, Russia, together with Elena Brugger, Germany |
| 2015 | 1. | Asian Junior Championship (Cadets) in New Delhi | up to 52 kg | before Reena Reena, India, Jo Kuk-hwa, North Korea and Anudari Nandintsetseg, Mongolia |
| 2016 | 1. | Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Tbilisi | up to 52 kg | before Roona Heaton, USA, Ida Jönsson, Sweden and Nazira Marsbek Kyzy, Kyrgyzstan |
| 2017 | 1. | "Klippan Lady Open" | up to 53 kg | in front of Wanessa Kaladschinskaja, Belarus, Katarzyna Krawczyk, Poland and Stalwira Orschusch, Russia |
| 2017 | 1. | World Cup in Paris | up to 55 kg | after victories over Carola Rainero, Italy, Becka Leathers, USA, Biljana Schiwkowa Dudowa, Bulgaria and Odunaye Folasade Adekuoroye, Nigeria |
| 2017 | 1. | U23 World Cup in Bydgoszcz | up to 55 kg | after victories over Dominique Olivia Parrish, USA, Alina Akobija, Ukraine, Bediha Gun, Turkey and Irina Kuratschkina, Belarus |
| 2018 | 3. | Asian Games in Jakarta | up to 53 kg | after victories over Sewara Esmuratova, Uzbekistan and Pang Wiangyu-China, one defeat against Pak Yong-Mi, North Korea and one you over Chiu Hsin-ju, Taiwan |
| 2018 | 1. | World Cup in Budapest | up to 53 kg | after victories over Hilary Ysahire Honorine, France, Pang Qianyu, China, Maria Prevolaraki, Greece, Katarzyna Krawczyk, Poland and Sarah Hildebrandt, USA |
| 2019 | 1. | Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Tallinn | up to 53 kg | after victories over Pooja Pooja, India, Schochida Akhmedowa, Uzbekistan, Maria Tjumenbekowa, Russia and Anudari Nandintsetseg, Mongolia |
National championships or tournaments
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Results |
| 2014 | 3. | Japanese championship | up to 55 kg | with a win over Yuzuru Kumano after losing in the semifinals to Anri Kimura |
| 2016 | 1. | Japanese Junior Championship | up to 52 kg | before Saki Igarashi |
| 2017 | 1. | Japanese championship | up to 53 kg | before Yu Miyahara , Kana Higashikawa and Yuka Yago |
| 2018 | 1. | Meiji Cup in Tokyo | up to 53 kg | before Yu Miyahara, Yuko Yago and Momoko Kadoya |
| 2019 | 2. | Meiji Cup in Tokyo | up to 53 kg | behind Mayu Mukaida , in front of Ibuki Tamuri, Nanami Irie and Yu Miyahara |
| 2019 | 1. | Japanese championship | up to 53 kg | before Nanami Irie, Umi Imai and Yumi Shimona |
- Explanations
- all free style competitions
- WM = World Championship
- the Meiji Cup is not the Japanese championship that always takes place in December each year. The Meiji Cup is a challenge tournament to which the four best-placed wrestlers from the previous Japanese championship are invited every June. As a rule, the winners of the Meiji Cup are then sent to the World Cup or the Olympic Games.
- Age group "Cadets" up to 17 and age group "Juniors" up to 20 years of age
literature
- Trade journal Der Ringer
Web links
- Haruna Okuno in the database of the University of Leipzig
- Report on Haruna Okuno's 2017 world title win
- Haruna Okuno wins the 2018 World Cup
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Okuno, Haruna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 奥 野 春 菜 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1999 |