Mio Nishimaki

Mio Nishimaki ( Japanese 西 牧 未央 , Nishimaki Mio ; born July 15, 1987 ) is a Japanese wrestler . In 2008 and 2009 she became world champion in the weight class up to 63 kg body weight.

Career

Mio Nishimaki has been wrestling since 1991. She is a member of the wrestling team of the former Chūkyō Women's University (today: Shigakkan University ; English Chukyo Women's University Wrestling Club ) in Ōbu and has been coached by Kazuhito Sakae since 2003 . The student is only 1.61 meters tall and mostly wrestles in the weight class up to 63 kg body weight. In this weight class she has an almost unbeatable competitor in Japan in Kaori Icho , who has so far prevented Mio Nishimaki from achieving even greater successes than those she has achieved so far.

The success of Mio Nishimaki began in 2005 when she took 3rd place in the Japanese championship in the weight class up to 59 kg behind Seiko Yamamoto and Ayoko Shoda . In the same year she became Asian junior champion in Jeju / South Korea and even junior world champion in Vilnius , each in the weight class up to 63 kg. In Vilnius she defeated the Indian generic Jakhar in the final battle.

In 2006, Mio Nishimaki won the University World Championships in Ulaanbaatar , leaving Badrachyn Odontschimeg from Mongolia and Alaina Berube from the United States behind. Then she was in Guatemala City for the second time junior world champion in the weight class up to 63 kg. She defeated Justine Bouchard from Canada and Jelena Schalygina from Kazakhstan in the decisive fights . In December 2006, she was the first Japanese champion in women in the weight class up to 59 kg. She relegated Kei Yamana and Ayako Sato to their places.

In 2007 Mio Nishimaki was not used in any international championships, but was again Japanese champion in December of that year in the weight class up to 67 kg. In the final, she defeated Mami Shinkai after beating Eri Sakamoto in the semifinals .

In 2008, after the Olympic Games in Beijing , Tokyo also hosted world championships . Mio Nishimaki was used there instead of the Olympic champion Kaori Icho in the weight class up to 63 kg and won the world title there with victories over Paulina Grabowska, Poland , Lili Meng , China , Olesja Samula , Azerbaijan and Lyubow Michailowna Wolossowa from Russia . In December 2008, Mio Nishimaki was Japanese champion for the third time ahead of Kayoko Kudo and Akiko Maruyama .

In 2009 Mio Nishimaki was Asian champion in Pattaya ahead of Wilaiwan Thongkam from Thailand . It was then used again at the World Championships in Herning / Denmark and was there for the second time world champion in the weight class up to 63 kg. She defeated Olesja Samula, Stefanie Stüber from Germany , who opposed her toughest resistance and only narrowly lost 1: 2 rounds and 1: 3 points, Jelana Schalygina and Lyubow Michailowna Wolossowa. In the final of the Japanese championship in 2009, she lost to Kaori Icho and took 2nd place.

In 2010, Mio Nishimaki was only at the Asian Games in Guangzhou . But she was not in good shape there and had to accept shoulder defeats against Chen Meng from China and Otschirbatyn Nasanburmaa from Mongolia , which brought her to 7th place.

From the time after that, there are no more results from Mio Nishimaki.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2005	1.	Klippan Lady Open	up to 59 kg	before Sally Roberts , USA , Ida-Theres Nerell , Sweden and Audrey Prieto , France
2005	1.	Asian Junior Championship in Jeju / South Korea	up to 63 kg	in front of Geetika Jakhar, India and Park Young-mi, South Korea
2005	1.	Junior World Championships in Vilnius	up to 63 kg	after victories over Jackie Cataline, USA, Olga Butkewitsch, Ukraine , Helena Allandi, Sweden and Geetika Jakhar
2006	6th	World Cup in Nagoya	up to 63 kg	Winner: Sally Roberts ahead of Breanne Leigh Graham, Canada
2006	1.	Universities World Cup in Ulaanbaatar	up to 63 kg	before Badrachyn Odontschimeg , Mongolia , Alaina Berube, USA and V. Nasok, Ukraine
2006	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 63 kg	before Monika Ewa Michalik , Poland and Olga Chilko, Belarus
2006	1.	Junior World Championships in Guatemala City	up to 63 kg	after victories over Jackie Cataline, Helena Allandi, Justine Bouchard , Canada and Jelena Schalygina , Kazakhstan
2007	2.	World Cup in Krasnoyarsk	up to 63 kg	behind Jing Ruixue , People's Republic of China , in front of Aljona Kartaschowa , Russia and Randi Miller , USA
2008	1.	World Cup in Tokyo	up to 63 kg	after victories over Paulina Grabowska, Poland, Lili Meng , China, Olesja Samula , Azerbaijan and Lyubow Michailowna Wolossowa , Russia
2009	4th	World Cup in Taiyuan / China	up to 63 kg	behind Justine Bouchard, Alla Cherkassova , Ukraine and Lili Meng
2009	1.	Asian Championship in Pattaya	up to 63 kg	in front of Wilaiwan Thongkam, Thailand , Luong Thi Nguyen, Vietnam and Zhang Fenglin, China
2009	1.	Austrian Lady Open in Götzis	up to 63 kg	in front of Justine Bouchard, Monika Ewa Michalik and Paulina Grabowska
2009	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 63 kg	before Lyubov Michailowna Wolossowa, Justine Bouchard and Monika Ewa Michalik
2009	1.	World Cup in Herning / Denmark	up to 63 kg	after victories over Olesja Samula, Stefanie Stüber , Germany , Jelena Schalygina and Lyubow Michailowna Wolossowa
2010	7th	Asian Games in Guangzhou	up to 63 kg	after defeats to Chen Meng, China and Otschirbatyn Nasanburmaa , Mongolia

Japanese championships

year	space	Weight class	Results
2005	3.	up to 59 kg	behind Seiko Yamamoto and Ayako Shōda
2006	1.	up to 59 kg	before Kei Yamana, Ayako Satō and Kayoko Shimada
2007	1.	up to 67 kg	before Mami Shinkai , Eri Sakamoto and Asuko Sano
2008	1.	up to 63 kg	before Kayoko Kudō, Akiko Maruyama and Erina Takahashi
2009	2.	up to 63 kg	behind Kaori Icho , in front of Kayoko Kudo and Seiko Yamamoto

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• WM = World Championship

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Foeldeak Wrestling Database website
• Website "www.japan-wrestling.org"

Web links

Newspaper report on Mio Nishimaki