Saki Igarashi

Saki Igarashi medal table
Wrestler
Japan
Asian Championship
gold	2018 Bishkek	up to 55 kg
silver	2019 Xi'an, China	up to 55 kg
U 23 World Championship
gold	2018 Bucharest	up to 55 kg
Junior World Championship
silver	2015 Sarajevo	up to 49 kg cadets
gold	2018 Trnava	up to 55 kg Juniors
bronze	2019 Tallinn	up to 55 kg Juniors

Saki Igarashi (born January 24, 2000 ) is a Japanese wrestler . In 2018 she took first place in the weight class up to 55 kg at the Asian championships and also won the world championships in the U 23 age group.

Career

Saki Igarashi comes from a wrestling family and trains at the Japanese Wrestling Association's performance center in Tokyo. Her sister Miho Igarashi is one of the top Japanese wrestlers in the weight class up to 50 kg body weight.

In 2015 she took part for the first time in an international championship, the Junior World Championship for the Cadets age group in Sarajevo. There she took 2nd place in the weight class up to 49 kg.

In 2016 she was Asian Junior Champion (Cadets) in Taichung in the weight class up to 52 kg ahead of Mongolian Chulan Balduuyang.

In 2017 she was second behind the 2016 world champion Mayu Mukaida at the Japanese women's championship in the weight category up to 55 kg .

In February 2018 she was Asian champion in the weight class up to 55 kg ahead of Oh Hyemin from South Korea. That was her first major success at an international women's championship, which she achieved at the age of 17. In June 2018 she took second place behind Mayu Mukaida in the Meiji Cup in Tokyo, where the best Japanese wrestlers compete for the starting positions for the World Championships and, in Olympic years, for the Olympic Games. In September 2018 she became Junior World Champion (age group Juniors) in the same weight class ahead of the Mongolian Chaliunna Bayaraa. In November 2018 she also became world champion in the U23 age group. In doing so, she defeated her opponents, some five years older than her, namely Domenique Parrisch from the United States, Chelsey Sicard from Canada, Elena Heike Brugger from Germany and Ouyang Junling from China. In December 2018, she again became the Japanese women's runner-up in the weight class up to 55 kg behind Nao Taniyama.

At the 2019 Asian Championships in Xi'an, China, Saki Igarashi lost in the final of the weight class up to 55 kg against the Chinese Xie Mengyu. In June 2019, she won the Meiji Cup in Tokyo, the decisive tournament for the nomination for the world championship in the same weight class ahead of Kana Higashikawa. At the 2019 Junior World Championships in Tallinn, she started in the weight class up to 55 kg. She lost there in the semifinals against Jekaterina Werbina from Russia just on points, but then secured a bronze medal with a win over Park Eunyoung, South Korea

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2015	2.	Junior World Championship (Cadets) in Sarajevo	up to 49 kg	behind Ronna Marie Heaton, USA
2016	1.	Asian Junior Championship (Cadets) in Taichung	up to 52 kg	in front of Chulan Balduuyang, Mongolia
2018	1.	Asian Championship in Bishkek	up to 55 kg	in front of Oh Hyemin, South Korea, Erchembayar Davaanchimeg, Mongolia and Luo Lannuan, China
2018	1.	Junior World Championship (Juniors) in Trnava	up to 55 kg	in front of Cahlinna Bayaara, Mongolia, Hou Jiajing, China and Jekaterina Werbina, Russia
2018	1.	U 23 World Championship in Bucharest	up to 55 kg	after victories over Domenique Parrish, USA, Chelsey Sicard, Canada, Elena Heike Brugger, Germany and Ouyang Junling, China
2019	2.	Asian Championships 2019 in Xi'an, China	up to 55 kg	after victories over Schachodat Djullibajewa, Uzbekistan and Dulguun Bolormaa, Mongolia and a defeat against Xie Mengyu, China
2019	3.	Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Tallinn	up to 55 kg	after victories over Enchtstetseg Batbaatar, Mongolia and Anju Anju, India, a defeat against Jekaterina Werbina, Russia and a win over Park Eunyoung, South Korea

Successes in national competitions

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2017	2.	Japanese championship	up to 55 kg	behind Mayu Mukaida , in front of Sena Nakamoto and Momoko Kadoya
2018	2.	Meiji Cup in Tokyo	up to 55 kg	behind Mayu Mukaida, in front of Sena Nakamoto and Umi Imai
2018	2.	Japanese championship	up to 55 kg	behind Nao Taniyama, in front of Sena Nakamoto
2019	1.	Meiji Cup	up to 55 kg	before Kana Higashikawa, Hikari Higuchi and Mizu Ishimori

Explanations

all free style competitions
Age group "Cadets" up to 17, "Juniors" up to 20 and "U 23" up to 23 years of age
WM = World Championship

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personal data
SURNAME	Igarashi, Saki
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH	January 24, 2000