Risako Kawai
| Risako Kawai medal table |
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|---|---|---|
| Japan | ||
| Olympic games | ||
| gold | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | up to 63 kg |
| World Championship | ||
| silver | 2015 Las Vegas | up to 63 kg |
| gold | 2017 Paris | up to 60 kg |
| gold | 2018 Budapest | up to 59 kg |
| gold | 2019 Nur-Sultan | up to 57 kg |
| Asian Games | ||
| bronze | 2018 Jakarta | up to 62 kg |
| Asian Championships | ||
| gold | 2014 Almata | up to 58 kg |
| gold | 2016 Bangkok | up to 63 kg |
| gold | 2017 New Delhi | up to 60 kg |
| gold | 2020 New Delhi | up to 57 kg |
| Junior World Championships | ||
| gold | 2011 Szombathely | up to 52 kg cadets |
| gold | 2013 Sofia | up to 55 kg Juniors |
| gold | 2014 Zagreb | up to 59 kg Juniors |
Risako Kawai ( Japanese 川 井 梨 紗 子 , Kawai Risako ; born November 21, 1994 ) is a Japanese wrestler . In 2015 she became vice world champion in the weight class up to 63 kg and in 2016 she was Olympic champion in the same weight class. In 2017 she became world champion in the weight class up to 60 kg, in 2018 in the weight class up to 59 kg and in 2019 in the weight class up to 57 kg body weight.
Career
Risako Kawai started wrestling as a teenager in 2002. The 1.59 meter tall athlete is a student and belongs to the wrestling club of Shigakkan University Aichi. Your trainer has been Kazuhito Sakae since 2010. She made her first start in an international championship at the Junior World Championship (Cadets) 2011 in Szombathely, where she won the title in the weight class up to 52 kg. In December 2011 she started for the first time in the Japanese championship for women and took 3rd place in the weight class up to 51 kg behind Yu Miyahara and Hikari Sugawara.
In 2012 she won two international tournaments in the non-Olympic weight class up to 51 kg in Krasnoyarsk and in Klippan / Sweden. It was then used by the Japanese Wrestling Association at the World Championship held in Strathcona County / Canada after the Olympic Games in London. She won there in her first fight against Julija Blahynja from the Ukraine, but lost something surprisingly in her second fight against the Indian Babita Kumari . Since this did not reach the final, she was eliminated and only came in 7th place. In December 2012, she finished 3rd in the Japanese women's championship in the weight class up to 55 kg behind Kanako Murata and Chiho Hamada.
In August 2013 Risako Kawai won again the world title in the weight class up to 55 kg at the Junior World Championship in Sofia. For their four wins over Pürewdordschiin Orkhon , Mongolia, Karolina Krawczyk, Poland, Svetlana Lamaschewich, Belarus and Larissa Skobljuk, Ukraine did not need it once very six minutes. In November 2013, she took 2nd place at the Golden Grand Prix in Baku in the weight class up to 55 kg. In the final she was defeated by Sofia Mattsson from Sweden. At the Japanese Championship 2013 in December 2013 she finished 3rd in the weight class up to 59 kg behind Kaori Icho and Kazuki Sakagami.
In March 2014 she was part of the Japanese team in Tokyo, which won the World Cup in a superior style. In the final, which Japan won against Russia 8-0, she defeated Shargalma Zyrenova prematurely in the weight class up to 58 kg . In April 2014 in Almaty she was the first Asian woman champion in the weight class up to 58 kg. She referred Baatardschawyn Schoowdor , Mongolia, Dhanda Pooja, India and Han Kum-ok , North Korea to their places. In August 2014 Risako Kawai was again Junior World Champion in the weight class up to 59 kg in Zagreb. She defeated Ramona Galambos, Hungary, Braxton Rei Stone-Papadopoulos, Canada, Petra Olli , Finland and in the final Luisa Niemesch , Germany. At the Japanese championship in December 2015, she lost in the weight class up to 58 kg against Kaori Icho.
In March 2015, she was used at the Team World Cup in St. Petersburg in the Japanese team in the weight class up to 58 kg. She defeated Andrea Wolczynski, Poland, Allison Ragan, United States, Irina Netrebko , Azerbaijan and Valerija Sergejewna Scholobowa Koblowa from Russia. The Japanese team won this World Cup.
In June 2015 Risako Kawai won the Meiji Cup in Tokyo in the weight class up to 63 kg ahead of Rio Watari, Yurika Ito and Kanako Murata. This qualified her for the 2015 World Championships in Las Vegas. At this world championship she won over Julija Ostaptschuk -Tkach, Ukraine, Katherine Vidiaux Lopez, Cuba, Maria Mamaschuk, Belarus and Braxton Rei Stone-Papadopoulos, Canada. She was in the final, in which the Mongolian Sorondsonboldyn Battsetseg was her opponent and against whom she was defeated. For the first time in her career, she became vice world champion. In December 2015 she was also the first Japanese champion. In the weight class up to 60 kg, she won the final over Yukako Kawai.
In August 2016, Risako Kawai celebrated the greatest success of her career to date. She became Olympic champion in Rio de Janeiro in the weight class up to 63 kg body weight with victories over Monika Ewa Michalik , Poland, Anastasija Grigorjeva , Latvia, Inna Traschukowa , Russia and Maria Mamaschuk , Belarus.
In May 2017 Risako Kawai became Asian champion in the weight class up to 60 kg in New Delhi. In the final, she defeated Sakschi Malik from India. In August 2017 she won the world championship title for the first time in the weight class up to 60 kg at the World Championships in Paris. On the way to this success she defeated Lyubov Ovcharowa, Russia, Shoovdor Baatarjav, Mongolia, Linda Marais, Canada, Johanna Mattsson , Sweden and Allison Mackenzie Ragan from the United States. In December 2017, Risako Kawai was again Japanese champion in the weight class up to 62 kg, ahead of Yurika Ito, Honoka Imagawa and Aika Yago.
In 2018 Risako Kawai started at the Asian Games in Jakarta in the weight class up to 62 kg and had to be content with 3rd place after a defeat in the semifinals against Orkhon Purevdorj from Mongolia. At the 2018 World Championships in Budapest, she started in the weight class up to 59 kg and won with victories over Pei Xingru, China, Katarina Hanchar Yanukewitsch, Belarus, Swetlana Lipatowa, Russia and Elif Jale Yesilirmak, Turkey, which she won in the final with 8: 0 tech. Points defeated the world title. At the Japanese championship in December 2018, Risako Kawai lost in the weight class up to 57 kg in the final against the comeback Olympic champion and multiple world champion Kaori Icho on points and lost her starting position at the 2019 Asian Cup to her.
In June 2019, she took revenge at the Meiji Cup in Tokyo, the decisive tournament for the nomination for the world championships, in the weight class up to 57 kg. She defeated Kaori Icho with 6: 4 points and referred them to 2nd place. However, the Japanese Wrestling Association scheduled an encounter with Kaori Icho on July 6, 2019. In this fight in Wako City Risako Kawai won again with a tie of 3: 3 due to the higher score.
At the 2019 World Cup in Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan), Risako Kawai, the only Japanese wrestler who was otherwise spoiled by success, was the world champion. She achieved this success in the weight class up to 57 kg with victories over Tserenchimed Suchee, Mongolia, Lissette Antes Castillo, Ecuador, Anastasia Nichita, Moldova, Odunayo Folasade Adekuoroye, Nigeria and Rong Ningning, China, who was the only one of these wrestlers, the Risako Kawai caused greater difficulties.
In February 2020 Risako Kawai became Asian champion in the Olympic weight class up to 57 kg in New Delhi. She defeated her opponents Sewara Eschmuratowa, Uzbekistan, Anshu Anshu, India and Davaachimeg Erchembayar, Mongolia, in a superior style.
International success
| year | space | Competitions | Weight class | Results |
| 2011 | 1. | Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Szombathely | up to 52 kg | in front of Altantsetsegiin Battsetseg , Mongolia, Petra Olli , Finland and Lalita, India |
| 2012 | 1. | Golden Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk | up to 51 kg | before Aljona Adaschinskaja , Russia, Jessica Medina , USA and Jekaterina Sergejewna Krasnowa , Russia |
| 2012 | 1. | Golden Grand Prix in Klippan / Sweden | up to 51 kg | before Whitney Conder, USA, Jessica Medina and Anri Kimura, Japan |
| 2012 | 7th | World Cup in Strathcona County / Canada | up to 51 kg | after a win over Julija Blahynja, Ukraine and a loss against Babita Kumari, India |
| 2013 | 1. | Junior World Championships in Sofia | up to 55 kg | after beating Pürewdordschiin Orkhon , Mongolia, Karolina Krawczyk, Poland, Svetlana Lamaschewich, Belarus and Larissa Skobljuk, Ukraine |
| 2013 | 2. | Golden Grand Prix in Baku | up to 55 kg | behind Sofia Mattsson, Sweden, ahead of Helen Maroulis , USA and Irina Husjak, Ukraine |
| 2014 | 1. | Asian Championship in Almaty | up to 58 kg | in front of Baatardschawyn Schoowdor , Mongolia, Dhanda Pooja, India and Han Kum-ok, North Korea |
| 2014 | 1. | Junior World Championships in Zagreb | up to 59 kg | after victories over Ramona Galambos, Hungary, Braxton Rei Stone-Papadopoulos, Canada, Petra Olli, Finland and Luisa Niemesch, Germany |
| 2015 | 2. | World Cup in Las Vegas | up to 63 kg | after victories over Julia Ostaptschuk-Tkach, Ukraine, Katherine Vidiaux Lopez, Cuba, Maria Mamaschuk, Belarus and Braxton Rei Stone-Papadopoulos, Canada and a defeat against Sorondsonboldyn Battsetseg, Mongolia |
| 2016 | 1. | Asian Championship in Bangkok | up to 63 kg | ahead of Rim Jong Sim, North Korea, Anita, India and Xu Rui, China |
| 2016 | gold | OS in Rio de Janeiro | up to 63 kg | after victories over Monika Ewa Michalik, Poland, Anastasija Grigorjeva, Latvia, Inna Traschukowa, Russia and Maria Mamaschuk, Belarus |
| 2017 | 1. | Asian Championship in New Delhi | up to 60 kg | before Sakschi Malik, India, Zhou Zhangting, China and Aiamlin Kassimowa, Kazakhstan |
| 2017 | 1. | World Cup in Paris | up to 60 kg | after victories over Lyubov Ovcharova, Russia, Shoovdor Baatarjav, Mongolia, Linda Marais, Canada, Johanna Mattsson , Sweden and Allison Mackenzie Ragan , USA |
| 2018 | 3. | Asian Games in Jakarta | up to 62 kg | behind Orkhon Purevdorj, Mongolia and Ausulu A Tinibekowa, Kyrgyzstan, together with Rim Jong-Sim, North Korea |
| 2018 | 1. | World Cup in Budapest | up to 59 kg | after victories over Pei Xingru, China, Katarina Hanchar Januschkewitsch, Belarus, Swetlana Lipatowa, Russia and Elif Jale Yesilirmak, Turkey |
| 2019 | 1. | World Cup in Nur-Sultan | up to 57 kg | after victories over Tserenchimed Suchee, Mongolia, Lissette Antes Castillo, Ecuador, Anastasia Nichita, Moldova, Odunayo Folasade Adekuoroye, Nigeria and Rong Ningning , China |
| 2020 | 1. | Asian Championship in New Delhi | up to 57 kg | after victories over Sewara Eschmuratowa, Uzbekistan, Anshu Anshu, India and Davaachimeg Erchembayar, Mongolia |
National championships and tournaments
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Results |
| 2011 | 3. | Japanese championship | up to 51 kg | behind Yu Miyahara and Kari Sugawara |
| 2012 | 3. | Japanese championship | up to 55 kg | behind Kanako Murata and Chiho Hamada |
| 2013 | 3. | Meiji Cup in Tokyo | up to 55 kg | behind Saori Yoshida and Kanako Murata |
| 2013 | 3. | Japanese championship | up to 59 kg | behind Kaori Icho and Kazuki Sakagami |
| 2014 | 2. | Meiji Cup in Tokyo | up to 58 kg | behind Kaori Icho, in front of Mikako Higuchi and Yukako Kawai |
| 2014 | 2. | Japanese championship | up to 58 kg | behind Kaori Icho, in front of Nachi Masuda and Misaki Sakai |
| 2015 | 1. | Meiji Cup in Tokyo | up to 63 kg | in front of Rio Watari, Yurika Ito and Kanako Murata |
| 2015 | 1. | Japanese championship | up to 60 kg | before Yukako Kawai , Yui Sakano and Yoishimi Kayama |
| 2016 | 1. | Japanese championship | up to 60 kg | before Chiho Hamada |
| 2017 | 1. | Japanese championship | up to 62 kg | before Yurika Ito, Honoka Imagawa and Aika Yago |
| 2018 | 1. | Meiji Cup in Tokyo | up to 59 kg | before Yuzuru Kumano, Kiwa Iwasawa and Yumenka Tanaba |
| 2018 | 2. | Japanese championship | up to 57 kg | behind Kaori Ichō , in front of Akie Hanai and Andoria Hanko Sawa |
| 2019 | 1. | Meiji Cup in Tokyo | up to 57 kg | before Kaori Icho , Sae Nanjo and Akie Hanai |
| 2019 | 1. | World Cup elimination match in Wako City | up to 57 kg | with a point victory over Kaori Ichō (3: 3 - higher rating for Risako Kawai) |
- Explanations
- all free style competitions
- OS = Olympic Games, 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 that always takes place in June of each year and in which the four best wrestlers from the previous Japanese championship start. The winner of the Meiji Cup then usually represents the Japanese colors at the World Cup or, if necessary, at the Olympic Games
literature
- Trade journal Der Ringer
Web links
- Profile of Risako Kawai at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Three Japanese world champions 2017 Risako Kawai on the far left
- Website "WWW.japan-wrestling.jp"
- Results of the World Cup elimination on July 6, 2019 in Wako City
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kawai, Risako |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 川 井 梨 紗 子 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1994 |