Kaori Icho

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Kaori Ichō medal table

Wrestler

Japan
Olympic games
gold 2004 Athens up to 63 kg
gold 2008 Beijing up to 63 kg
gold 2012 London up to 63 kg
gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro up to 58 kg
World Championship
gold 2002 Chalkida up to 63 kg
gold 2003 New York up to 63 kg
gold 2005 Budapest up to 63 kg
gold 2006 Guangzhou up to 63 kg
gold 2007 Baku up to 63 kg
gold 2010 Moscow up to 63 kg
gold 2011 Istanbul up to 63 kg
gold 2013 Budapest up to 63 kg
gold 2014 Tashkent up to 58 kg
gold 2015 Las Vegas up to 58 kg
Asian Games
silver 2002 Busan up to 63 kg
gold 2006 Doha up to 63 kg
Asian Championships
gold 2004 Tokyo up to 63 kg
gold 2005 Wuhan up to 63 kg
gold 2008 Jeju up to 63 kg
gold 2011 Tashkent up to 63 kg
gold 2015 Doha up to 58 kg
bronze 2019 Xi'an, China up to 57 kg

Kaori Ichō ( Japanese 伊 調 馨 , Ichō Kaori ; born June 13, 1984 in Hachinohe , Aomori Prefecture , Japan ) is a Japanese wrestler . She is Olympic champion in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 and ten-time world champion in the weight class up to 63 kg and 58 kg body weight.

Career

Kaori Icho comes from a family of wrestlers and was taken to training by her older sister Chiharu at the age of three . The initial playful activity soon grew into serious training. While attending Chōja Middle School, she achieved two consecutive title wins at the National Women's Middle School Championships. In her high school years Kaori Icho belonged to the wrestling club of the Shigakuhan High School operated by the Chūkyō Women 's University in Nagoya . As a junior she was soon one of the best young wrestlers in Japan and in 2002 she was the first Japanese champion among senior women in the weight class up to 63 kg body weight. In this weight class she also played all her other competitions. During her studies, she started for the wrestling club of the Chūkyō Women's University. Since 2007 she has been in the wrestling club of the security company ALSOK Sōgō Keibi Hoshō ( ALSOK 綜合 警備 保障 ). In the national women's team, of which she has been a member since 2002, she is coached by Kazuhito Sakae .

In 2002 Kaori Icho began his international career. It was used at the Asian Games in Busan . She came there in the final against the Chinese Xu Haiyan , in which she was defeated by this just on points and thus took 2nd place. Until 2009, this was the only defeat that Kaori Icho suffered on the wrestling mat, with one exception at the Asian Championships in 2007.

In 2002 she became world champion for the first time in Chalkida / Greece . She defeated u. a. with Sara McMann from the United States, Lene Aanes from Norway and Sara Eriksson from Sweden, three world-class athletes. In 2003 Kaori Icho successfully defended her world title in New York City . In the final, she had to fight hard against Sara McMann to get a narrow win on points (4: 3 technical points). Before that, however, she had cleared four opponents with a total of 25-0 technical points.

In 2004, competitions for women were also on the program for the first time at the Olympic Games in Athens . In their traditional weight class Kaori Icho defeated Ludmila Golowchenko from Ukraine , Aljona Kartaschowa from Russia, Lise Legrand from France and Sara McMann , with the victory over Sara McMann again being very close (3: 2 technical points). She received the Honorary Award of the Citizens of Hachinohe, the Honorary Award of the Citizens of Aomori Prefecture, the Sports Merit Award of Aichi Prefecture and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology , and the Order of Merit on the purple ribbon .

Kaori Icho met Sara McMann in her first fight at the 2005 World Cup in Budapest . She won again just on points (5: 3 technical points). Her other opponents, Helena Allandi from Sweden, Anna Polownewa from Russia and Jing Ruixue from China, she defeated on points. Overall she scored 16-0 technical points.

In 2006 she got the opportunity at the Asian Games in Doha to return the favor to the Chinese Xu Haiyan for the defeat at the Asian Games of 2002. She achieved this impressively with a clear win on points. Also at the 2006 World Cup in Guangzhou , China , she managed a point victory over Xu Haiyan (2-0 technical points) in the final battle. She won her fourth world title with it.

In 2007 there was a minor scandal at the Asian Championships in Bishkek , for which the siblings Chiharu and Kaori Icho took care of. Chiharu Ichō, after all multiple world champion in the weight class up to 48 kg, did not bring the weight limit at this event and could not fight any fights and Kaori Ichō stated immediately before the start of her first fight that she had a leg injury that made it impossible for her to fight make. She was eliminated from the tournament and ended up in 8th and last place. But she still didn't lose a fight on the mat.

At the 2007 World Cup in Baku , Kaori Ichō won the world title again. On the way to this title she defeated Sara McMann (3: 1 technical points), Yoselin Rojas Urbina, Venezuela, Xu Haiyan (3: 1 technical points), Lise Legrand (8: 2 technical points) and Elena Schalygina , Kazakhstan ( 4: 0 technical points) consistently world class female wrestlers.

At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , Kaori Icho repeated her success from Athens. She was again Olympic champion with four victories. Her toughest opponent turned out to be the Canadian Martine Dugrenier in the quarterfinals , who managed to take a round from her. Kaori Icho won the fight against Martine Dugrenier with 2-1 rounds with 2-2 technical points. She won the final battle over the Russian Aljona Kartaschowa .

Since the Olympic Games in Beijing only hosted competitions in four weight classes for women , the international wrestling federation FILA also organized world championships for women in Tokyo in October 2008 . Kaori Ichō renounced it, as in the Japanese championships in 2008, to participate in favor of her compatriot Mio Nishimaki , who also became world champion.

After a year break from international championships, Kaori Icho continued her successful career in 2010. She continued her earlier successes and became world champion again in the weight class up to 63 kg in Moscow in 2010 and in Istanbul in 2011 . In the decisive fights she defeated Marianna Sastin and Elena Piroschkowa. At the World Cup in Istanbul she even had to contest six fights, all of which she won without a counterpoint. Overall she scored 31: 0 points.

2012 Kaori Icho won at the Olympics in London their third gold medal. On the way to this success she defeated Martine Dugrenier , Canada, Henna Johansson , Sweden, Sorondsonboldyn Battsetseg , Mongolia and Jing Ruixue , China.

In addition to her great international successes, Kaori Ichō was also Japanese champion nine times in a row between 2002 and 2011. Together with Saori Yoshida , she was awarded the Kikuchi Kan Prize in 2012 for her achievements as a wrestler .

After nothing to be seen of her until mid-September in 2013, nobody really expected that she would continue her international career. But she appeared a bit surprisingly at the World Championships this year in Budapest and, as her first fights showed, she was in brilliant shape. So it is not surprising that she won her eighth world title in her traditional weight class up to 63 kg with victories over Jekaterina Larionowa, Kazakhstan, Shelok Dolma , China, Jackeline Rentería Castillo, Colombia and Sorondsonboldyn Battsetseg . In December 2013, Kaori Icho surprisingly started at the Japanese championship in the weight class up to 59 kg and won her 10th Japanese championship there, defeating Kazuki Sakagami in the final battle.

In 2014 Kaori Icho no longer started in the weight class up to 63 kg, but in the weight class up to 58 kg body weight newly established after a weight class reform by the International Wrestling Association (FILA). In this weight class she won the Ivan Yarigin Golden Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk in front of Tserenchimed Suchee, Mongolia, in January 2014. In September 2014 she competed at the World Championships in Tashkent and won there with victories over Asem Seidametowa, Uzbekistan , Allisson Mackenzie Ragan, USA, Anastassia Huchok, Belarus and Valeria Koblowa Scholobowa, Russia, won the world championship again in December 2014, before Risako Kawai and Nachi Masuda.

In May 2015 Kaori Icho was Asian champion in Doha in the weight class up to 58 kg, ahead of Aisuluu A Tinibekowa, Kyrgyzstan, Aiym Abdildina, Kazakhstan and Geeta Geeta, India. She was unbeatable at the World Championships in Las Vegas in September 2015. With victories over Geeta Geeta, Elif Jale Yesilirmak , Turkey, Marianna Sastin , Hungary, Jackeline Renterio Castillo , Colombia and Petra Olli from Finland, she won her tenth world title. In December 2015, Kaori Icho finally won her twelfth Japanese championship. In the weight class up to 58 kg she defeated Nachi Masuda in the final.

On January 29, 2016, Kaori Icho lost another fight after many years. She lost in the final of the "Ivan Yarigin" memorial in Krasnoyarsk in the weight class up to 58 kg body weight against the Mongolian Purevdorj Orkhon after 5:09 minutes with 0:10 points (technical case).

On August 18, 2016, Kaori Icho won her fourth gold medal in the weight class up to 58 kg at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. This makes her the only female athlete to have won a gold medal at four different Olympic Games. On the way to this success she defeated in Rio Marwa Amri from Tunisia, Elif Jale Yesilirmak, Turkey, Julija Ratkewitsch, Azerbaijan and in the final Valerija Sergejewna Scholobowa Koblowa from Russia, against which she had to give everything in a narrow 3-2 point win.

After that, there was considerable turbulence in the Japanese Wrestling Association, which meant that Kaori Icho no longer competed. In December 2018, however, she made a successful comeback. She took part in the Japanese championship and became Japanese champion again on December 20, 2018 in Tokyo with a victory over the reigning world champion Risako Kawai in the weight class up to 57 kg.

At the Asian Championships 2019 in Xi'an, China, Kaori Ichō had to realize that it is not that easy to regain the dominant position on the international wrestling mat after three years of abstinence. She lost at this championship in the weight class up to 57 kg in the semifinals against the North Korean Jong Myung-Suk on points (4: 7). With a victory over the Vietnamese Nguyen Thi My Trang, she won a bronze medal.

In June 2019 Kaori Ichō lost in the final of the Meiji Cup in Tokyo, the decisive tournament for the nomination for the world championship, in the weight class up to 57 kg against Risako Kawai with 4: 6 points. Your nomination for the 2019 World Championships is therefore questionable. For July 6, 2019, the Japanese Wrestling Association set another elimination for the world championship between Kaori Ichō and Risako Kawai. Risako Kawai won this fight again with a tie of 3: 3 due to the higher score.

International success

year space competition Weight class
2002 2. Asia Games in Busan up to 63 kg behind Xu Haiyan , China , in front of Otschirbatyn Mjagmarsüren , Mongolia and Chuang Shu-Tang, Taiwan ;
2002 1. World Cup in Cairo up to 63 kg in front of Lili Meng, China , Viola Yanik, Canada , Lyubow Michailowna Wolossowa, Russia a . Anna Polownewa , Russia;
2002 1. World Cup in Chalkida / Greece up to 63 kg with victories over Yoon So-young, South Korea , Sara McMann , USA , Malgorzata Bassa-Roguska, Poland, Lene Aanes , Norway and Sara Eriksson , Sweden ;
2003 1. World Cup in New York City up to 63 kg with victories over Agora Papavasileiou, Greece , Lise Legrand , France , Olga Schilko, Belarus , Ludmila Golowtschenko, Ukraine and others. Sara McMann;
2003 1. World Cup in Tokyo up to 63 kg before Sara McMann, Su Huihua, China a. Tora Roso Hedican, Canada;
2003 1. Asia Cup in Alma-Ata ( Almaty ) up to 63 kg in front of Huang Wenwon, China, Tümen-Öldsiin Mjagmarsüren , Mongolia a. Shanna Kaikonowa, Kazakhstan ;
2004 1. Asian Championship in Tokyo up to 63 kg before Su Huihua, Otschirbatyn Nasanburmaa , Goetika Jakhar , India a . Huang Jin-young, South Korea;
2004 gold OS in Athens up to 63 kg with victories over Ludmila Golowtschenko, Ukraine, Aljona Kartaschowa , Russia, Lise Legrand u. Sara McMann;
2004 1. World Cup in Tokyo up to 63 kg before Helen Hennick, Canada, Anna Polownewa, Russia a. Alaina Berube , USA ;
2005 1. World Cup in Clermont-Ferrand up to 63 kg before Oxana Schalikowa, Ukraine, Meryem Selloum, France, Anna Polownewa u. Kaci Lyle, USA;
2005 1. Asian championship in Wuhan up to 63 kg in front of Goetika Jakhar, Lili Meng, China, Huang Jin-young u. Salatun Ika, Indonesia;
2005 1. World Universities World Cup in Izmir up to 63 kg before Olga Schilko, Meryem Selloum and Alaina Berube;
2005 1. World Cup in Budapest up to 63 kg with victories over Sara McMann, Helene Allandi, Sweden, Anna Polownewa u. Jing Ruixue, China;
2006 1. Asia Games in Doha up to 63 kg with victories over Nguyen Thi Hai Yen, Vietnam , Xu Haiyan, China a. Goetika Jakhar;
2006 1. World Cup in Guangzhou up to 63 kg with victories over Megan Dolan-Schweitzer, Canada, Nguyen Thi Hai Yen, Yoselin Rojas Urbina, Venezuela , Monika Rogien, Poland and others. Xu Haiyan;
2006 1. World Cup in Nagoya up to 63 kg before Xu Haiyan, Sara McMann u. Anna Polownewa;
2007 8th. Asian Championships in Bishkek up to 63 kg Retired before her first fight due to leg injury;
2007 1. World Cup in Baku up to 63 kg with victories over Sara McMann, Yoselin Rojas Urbina, Xu Haiyan, Lise Legrand u. Jelena Schalygina , Kazakhstan;
2007 1. World Cup in Clermont-Ferrand up to 63 kg with victories over Anna Polownewa, Oksanka Schalikowa, Ukraine a. Kaci Lyle;
2008 1. Asian Championship in Jeju / South Korea up to 63 kg in front of Badrachyn Odontschimeg , Mongolia, Jelena Schalygina a. Hou Min-Won, Taiwan ;
2008 gold OS in Beijing up to 63 kg with victories over Olesja Zannula, Azerbaijan, Randi Miller , USA, Martine Dugrenier , Canada a. Aljona Kartaschowa , Russia
2010 1. World Cup in Nanjing up to 63 kg before Natalja Lauschkina, Russia, Otschirbatyn Nasanburmaa , Mongolia and Jiao Yuanyuan, China
2010 1. World Cup in Moscow up to 63 kg after victories over Henna Johansson , Sweden, Chen Meng , China, Marianna Sastin and Elena Piroschkowa , USA
2011 1. Golden Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk up to 63 kg before Inna Traschukowa and Lyubow Michailowna Wolossowa , both Russia and Otschirbatyn Nasanburmaa
2011 1. World Cup in Liévin up to 63 kg before Justine Bouchard , Canada and Jing Ruixue , China
2011 1. Asian championship in Tashkent up to 63 kg before Kim Ran-Mi, North Korea , Luong Thi Nguyen, Vietnam and Scharchüügiin Tümentsetseg , Mongolia
2011 1. World Cup in Istanbul up to 63 kg after victories over Jelena Schalygina, Julija Ostaptschuk , Ukraine, Michaela Spoutsova, Czech Republic, Jing Ruixue, Elena Piroschkowa and Marianna Sastin
2012 1. Golden Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk up to 63 kg before Natalja Smirnowa , Russia and Erin Clodgo, USA
2012 1. World Cup in Tokyo up to 63 kg before Jing Ruixue and Lyubow Michailowna Wolossowa , Russia
2012 gold OS in London up to 63 kg with victories over Martine Dugrenier , Canada, Henna Johansson , Sweden, Sorondsonboldyn Battsetseg , Mongolia and Jing Ruixue , China
2013 1. World Cup in Budapest up to 63 kg after victories over Jekaterina Larionowa, Kazakhstan, Shelok Dolma, China, Jackeline Renteria Castillo, Colombia and Sorondsonboldyn Battsetseg , Mongolia
2014 1. "Ivan Yarigin" Golden Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk up to 58 kg before Tserenchimed Suchee, Mongolia, Petra Olli, Finland and Hanna Wassylenko , Ukraine
2014 1. World Cup in Tashkent up to 58 kg after victories over Asem Seidametowa, Uzbekistan, Allisson Mackenzie Ragan, USA, Anastassia Huchok , Belarus and Valeria Scholobowa Koblowa, Russia
2015 1. Asian Championship in Doha up to 58 kg in front of Aisuluu A Tinibekowa, Kyrgyzstan, Aiym Abdildina, Kazakhstan and Geeta Geeta, India
2015 1. World Cup in Las Vegas up to 58 kg after victories over Geeta Geeta, Elif Jale Yesilirmak, Turkey, Marianna Sastin, Hungary, Jackeline Renteria Castillo, Colombia and Petra Olli, Finland
2016 2. "Ivan Yarigin" Memorial in Krasnoyarsk up to 58 kg behind Purevdorj Orchon and in front of Bataarjav Shoovdor and Tserenchimed Sukhee, all Mongolia
2016 gold OS in Rio de Janeiro up to 58 kg after victories over Marwa Amri, Tunisia, Elif Jale Yesilirmak, Turkey, Julija Ratkewitsch, Azerbaijan and Valerija Sergejewna Scholobowa Koblowa, Russia
2019 3. Asian Championship in Xi'an, China up to 57 kg after defeating Um Jieun, South Korea, defeating Jong Myong-Suk, North Korea and defeating Nguyen Thi My Trang, Vietnam

Japanese championships

year space Weight class Results
2002 1. up to 63 kg before Ayako Shōda
2003 1. up to 63 kg before Ayako Shōda
2004 1. up to 63 kg before Ayako Shōda
2005 1. up to 63 kg before Erika Matsukawa
2006 1. up to 63 kg before Ayako Shōda
2007 1. up to 63 kg before Erika Matsukawa
2009 1. up to 63 kg before Mio Nishimaki and Seiko Yamamoto
2010 1. up to 63 kg before Seiko Yamamoto, Rio Watari and Kayoko Kudo
2011 1. up to 63 kg before Rio Watari, Seiko Yamamoto and Kayoko Kudo
2013 1. up to 59 kg before Kazuki Sakagami, Risako Kawai and Yui Sakano
2014 1. up to 58 kg before Risako Kawai and Nachi Masuda
2015 1. up to 58 kg before Nachi Masuda, Mikako Higuchi and Yuumi Kon
2018 1. up to 57 kg before Risako Kawai and Akie Hanai
Explanations
  • all free style competitions
  • OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship

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  1. ↑ a b 祝！ 伊 調 姉妹 メ ダ ル 獲得 ！！ . Hachinohe City, August 19, 2008, accessed March 31, 2009 (Japanese).
  2. ↑ 学校 生活 - ク ラ ブ 紹 介 (Eng. "School life - club performances"). Shigakuhan High School, accessed March 29, 2009 (Japanese).

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personal data
SURNAME Icho, Kaori
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 伊 調 馨 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Hachinohe , Aomori, Japan