Kyōko Hamaguchi

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Kyōko Hamaguchi
Kyōko Hamaguchi medal table

Wrestler

Japan
Olympic games
bronze 2004 Athens up to 72 kg
bronze 2008 London up to 72 kg
World Championship
gold 1997 Clermont-Ferrand up to 75 kg
gold 1998 Poznań up to 75 kg
gold 1999 floor up to 75 kg
bronze 2000 Sofia up to 75 kg
gold 2002 Chalkida up to 72 kg
gold 2003 Tokyo up to 72 kg
silver 2005 Budapest up to 72 kg
silver 2006 Guangzhou up to 72 kg
bronze 2008 Tokyo up to 72 kg
bronze 2010 Moscow up to 72 kg
Asian Games
gold 2002 Busan up to 75 kg
silver 2006 Doha up to 72 kg
bronze 2010 Guangzhou up to 72 kg
Asian Championships
gold 1996 Xianshoh up to 70 kg
gold 2004 Tokyo up to 72 kg
gold 2006 Alma-Ata up to 72 kg
gold 2007 Bishkek up to 72 kg
gold 2008 Jeju up to 72 kg
bronze 2011 Tashkent up to 72 kg

Kyōko Hamaguchi ( Japanese 浜 口 京 子 , Hamaguchi Kyōko ; born January 11, 1978 in the Tokyo district of Taitō , Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese wrestler . It was five times world champion and won in two Olympic Games bronze medals .

Career

Kyōko Hamaguchi is the daughter of professional wrestler Heigo "Animal" Hamaguchi. She grew up in Tokyo and was a competitive sport swimming as a child . At the age of 14 she switched to wrestling. Her first trainer was her father, with whom she trained in his "Hamaguchi Training Gym" in Tokyo. Later, Ryo Kanehama and Kazuhito Sakae joined the national team as coaches. As an adult, she fights in the heaviest weight class in women's wrestling, which was up to 75 kg and since 2002 up to 72 kg. At 1.80 meters she is one of the tallest of the world class wrestlers. She is practically a professional wrestler and is sponsored by Japan Beverage , a beverage company.

Kyōko Hamaguchi's international career began when he took part in the 1995 World Cup in Moscow in the weight class up to 70 kg when he was seventeen. At this start she still had to pay hardship and landed in 13th place. Just one year later she became the first Japanese champion and a little later in Xianshoh / China also Asian champion in the weight class up to 70 kg. At the 1996 World Cup in Sofia , she improved to 7th place.

In 1997 she achieved her first major success at an international championship. In Clermont-Ferrand she became world champion in the weight class up to 75 kg body weight. In the final, she defeated Kristie Marano (Davis) from the United States . She repeated this success in 1997 and 1998 at the World Championships in Poznań and in Boden / Sweden . In the final fights she defeated Kristie Marano again at both championships.

In 2000 and 2001, Kyōko Hamaguchi was no longer so successful. At the World Championships in Sofia in 2000 she came third behind Christine Nordhagen from Canada and Edyta Witkowska from Poland and even missed the medal ranks at the 2001 World Championships in Sofia with a 4th place. She lost u. a. also against Nina Englich from Germany .

In 2002 she returned to the road to success. She was first in Busan winner of the Asian Games before Kang Min-Jeong from South Korea and Jana Panowa from Kyrgyzstan . Then she became world champion for the fourth time in Chalkida / Greece . With Swetlana Martinenko from Russia , Maider Unda Gonzales de Audicana from Spain , Galina Iwanowa from Bulgaria , Edyta Witkowska and Wang Xu from China, she defeated five tough opponents. At the 2003 World Cup in New York , she won her fifth world title. She defeated Swetlana Sajenko from Ukraine , Kaliraman Sonika from India , Edyta Witkowska, Stanka Slatewa from Bulgaria and Toccara Montgomery from the United States .

In 2004 Kyōko Hamaguchi was Asian champion in Tokyo before Otschirbatyn Burmaa from Mongolia . At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens she won the weight class up to 72 kg, initially over Toccara Montgomery and Stanka Slatewa, but had to admit defeat to the Chinese Wang Xu in her third fight. With the victory over Swetlana Sajenko, she saved a bronze medal .

At the World Championships in Budapest in 2005 and in Guangzhou / China in 2006 , she was then vice-world champion. In Budapest she defeated u. a. the Chinese Wang Jiao , who will play a role in her further career and lost in the final battle against Iris Smith from the United States. In 2006 she defeated four world-class wrestlers in Guangzhou with Otschirbatyn Burmaa, Kristie Marano, Swetlana Sajenko and Ohenewa Akuffo from Canada, but in the final she was defeated for the first time by Bulgarian Stanka Slatewa, who practically became her successor on the world championship throne in the next few years.

In 2006, 2007 and 2008 Kyōko Hamaguchi won again at the Asian Cup, while she came in second place at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha behind Wang Xu and at the 2007 World Cup in Baku after losing to Stanka Slatewa and Olga Schanibekowa from Kazakhstan even landed in 9th place. At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 she won over Jelena Perepelkina from Russia and Rosangela Conceicao from Brazil , then lost to Wang Jiao, which again broke her dream of an Olympic gold medal . But she managed to win an Olympic bronze medal again with a victory over Ali Sue Bernard from the United States.

After a year break, Kyōko Hamaguchi started again in 2010 at the World Cup in Moscow . She first scored two notable victories over Kateryna Burmistrowa from Ukraine and Otschirbatyn Burmaa before losing to Ohenewa Akuffo. With a victory over Maider Unda Gonzales de Audicana, she won a bronze medal. At the 2011 World Cup in Istanbul , she lost again in her second fight against Ohenewa Akuffo. Since this did not reach the final, she was eliminated and only came in 11th place.

In 2011, Kyoko Hamaguchi won her 16th Japanese championship with a victory in the final battle over Mami Shinkai . With five world championship titles, four other world championship medals, two Olympic bronze medals, a victory at the Asian Games and four Asian championship titles, she is without a doubt one of the most successful wrestlers in the world since women's wrestling was introduced in the late 1980s.

She qualified in March 2012 in Astana to take part in her third Olympic Games in London in 2012 . There she took 2nd place behind Wang Jiao. In London, however, she lost her first fight against Gouzel Manjurowa from Kazakhstan on points (1: 2 rounds, 2:10 points). Since this did not reach the final battle, she was eliminated and only came in 11th place.

In 2013, Kyoko Hamaguchi did not take part in any international competitions. In December 2013 she celebrated a successful comeback at the Japanese championship after a long break. She won her 16th Japanese championship there, defeating the Asian champion Hiroe Suzuki in the semifinals and Mami Shinkai in the final. In March 2014, together with Mami Shinkai, she represented the Japanese colors at the Team World Cup in Tokyo in the weight class up to 75 kg. In the grandiose 8-0 victory of Japan over Russia in the final battle, she defeated Jekaterina Bukina on points.

International success

year space competition Weight class Results
1995 13. World Cup in Moscow up to 70 kg Winner: Lise Golliot , France ahead of Elmira Kurbanowa, Russia and Nina Englich , Germany
1996 1. Asian championship in Xianshoh / China up to 70 kg in front of Lee Yen-Hiu, Taiwan
1996 7th World Cup in Sofia up to 70 kg Winner: Christine Nordhagen , Canada ahead of Galina Iwanowa, Bulgaria and Lise Golliot
1997 1. World Cup in Clermont-Ferrand up to 75 kg after victories over Elvira Barriga, Austria , Elisaveta Tolewa, Bulgaria, Liu Dong-Feng, China and Kristie Marano , USA
1998 1. World Cup in Poznań up to 75 kg after victories over Franziska Lacher, Switzerland, Sumrud Gurbanhadschijewa , Russia, Elvira | Barriga and Kristie Marano
1999 1. World Cup in Boden / Sweden up to 75 kg after victories over Tatjana Komarnicka, Ukraine , Helene Karlsson, Sweden , Christine Nordhagen and Kriestie Marano
2000 3. World Cup in Sofia up to 75 kg behind Christine Nordhagen and Edyta Witkowska , Poland, in front of Katerina Halova, Czech Republic and Nina Englich
2001 1. East Asia Games in Osaka up to 75 kg before Jiang Xueyan, China, Liu Chia-Lin, Taiwan and Jessica Forbes, Australia
2001 1. World Cup in Levallois up to 75 kg before Swetlana Martinenko , Russia and Jiang Xueyan
2001 4th World Cup in Sofia up to 75 kg after victories against Tatjana Komarnicka and Katerina Halova and defeats against Edyta Witkowska and Nina Englich
2002 1. World Cup in Cairo up to 72 kg before Ohenewa Akuffo , Canada and Swetlana Martinenko
2002 1. World Cup in Chalkida / Greece up to 72 kg after victories over Swetlana Martinenko, Maider Unda Gonzales de Audicana, Galina Iwanowa, Bulgaria, Edyta Witkowska and Wang Xu , China
2003 1. Klippan Lady Open up to 72 kg before Monika Kowalska, Poland and Nina Englich
2003 1. World Cup in Tokyo up to 72 kg after victories over Swetlana Sajenko , Ukraine, Kaliraman Sonika, India , Edyta Witkowska, Stanka Slatewa , Bulgaria and Toccara Montgomery , USA
2003 3. World Cup in Tokyo up to 72 kg behind Toccara Montgomery and Christine Nordhagen, in front of Ma Bailing , China and Anita Schätzle , Germany
2004 1. FILA test tournament in Athens up to 72 kg in front of Maider Unda Gonzales de Audicana , Spain , Toccara Montgomery and Swetlana Martinanko
2004 1. Asian Championship in Tokyo up to 72 kg in front of Ochirbatyn Burmaa , Mongolia and Zhang Dan , China
2004 bronze OS in Athens up to 72 kg after victories over Toccara Montgomery and Stanka Slatewa, a defeat against Wang Xu , China, and a victory over Swetlana Sajenko
2004 1. World Cup in Tokyo up to 72 kg before Ohenewa Akuffo, Ma Bailing and Alena Starodubzewa , Russia
2005 1. World Cup in Clermont-Ferrand up to 72 kg before Swetlana Sajenko and Iris Smith , USA
2005 2. World Cup in Budapest up to 72 kg after victories over Rosangela Conceicao, Brazil , Olga Schanibekowa, Kazakhstan , Wang Jiao , China, and Swetlana Sajenko and a defeat against Iris Smith
2006 1. Asian Championships up to 72 kg from Otschirbatyn Burmaa, Olga Schanibekowa and Qin Xiaoqing , China
2006 2. World Cup in Nagoya up to 72 kg behind Ohenewa Akuffo, in front of Kristie Marano (Davis) and Swetlana Sajenko
2006 2. World Cup in Guangzhou up to 72 kg after victories over Otschirbatyn Burmaa, Kristie Marano, Swetlana Sajenko and Ohenewa Akuffo and a defeat against Stanka Slatewa
2006 2. Asia Games in Doha up to 72 kg behind Wang Xu, in front of Jana Panowa, Kyrgyzstan and Otschirbatyn Burmaa
2007 1. Asian Championships in Bishkek up to 72 kg before Olga Schanibekowa, Jana Panowa and Wang Xu
2007 9. World Cup in Baku up to 72 kg after a win over Laure Ali Annabel , Cameroon , a defeat against Stanka Slatewa, a win over Sheherazade Bentorki, France and a defeat against Olga Schanibekowa
2008 1. Asian Championships in Jeju / South Korea up to 72 kg before Otschirbatyn Burmaa, Xu Qing and Jana Panowa
2008 bronze OS in Beijing up to 72 kg after victories over Jelena Perepelkina , Russia and Rosangela Conceicao, a defeat against Wang Jiao and a victory over Ali Sue Bernard , USA
2008 3. World Cup in Tokyo up to 72 kg after victories over Stephany Lee , USA and Natalja Schinkarowa, Belarus, a defeat against Hong Yan , China and a victory over Otschirbatyn Burmaa
2010 3. World Cup in Nanjing up to 72 kg behind Ali Sue Bernard and Natalja Vorobjewa , Russia
2010 3. World Cup in Moscow up to 72 kg after victories over Kateryna Burmistrowa , Ukraine and Otschirbatyn Burmaa, a defeat against Ohenewa Akuffo and a victory over Maider Unda Gonzales de Ausicana
2010 3. Asia Games in Guangzhou up to 72 kg behind Gelegdschamtsyn Narantschimeg , Mongolia and Li Dan , China
2011 1. World Cup in Liévin up to 72 kg in front of Jekaterina Bukina , Russia and Xu Qing
2011 3. Asian championship in Tashkent up to 72 kg behind Güzäl Mänürowa , Kazakhstan and Jiao Wang
2011 13. World Cup in Istanbul up to 72 kg after a victory over Jaresmit Weffer, Venezuela and a loss to Ohenwa Akuffo
2012 2. Olympic qualification tournament in Astana up to 72 kg behind Wang Jiao, in front of Kung Han-Bit, South Korea and Badrachyn Odontschimeg , Mongolia
2012 11. OS in London up to 72 kg after a loss to Gouzel Manjurowa, Kazakhstan

Japanese championships

Kyōko Hamaguchi won the Japanese championship sixteen times between 1996 and 2013 in the weight classes up to 70 kg, 75 kg and 72 kg body weight.

Explanations
  • all free style competitions
  • OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship

literature

  • Trade journal Der Ringer

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