Saori Yoshida

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Saori Yoshida after winning the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics .

Saori Yoshida ( Japanese 吉田 沙 保 里 , Yoshida Saori ; born October 5, 1982 in Ichishi , Mie Prefecture (today: Tsu )) is a Japanese wrestler . Her greatest successes so far are her Olympic victories in 2004 , 2008 and 2012 in free style in the weight class up to 55 kg (lightweight). In 2016 she won the silver medal in the weight class up to 53 kg at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Career

Saori Yoshida
medal table
Saori Yoshida (right) in a fight against Tina George in 2003
Saori Yoshida (right)
in a fight against Tina George in 2003

Wrestling

JapanJapan Japan
Olympic Summer Games
gold 2004 Athens lightweight
gold 2008 Beijing lightweight
gold 2012 London lightweight
silver 2016 Rio de Janeiro up to 53 kg
World Championship
gold 2002 Chalkida lightweight
gold 2003 New York lightweight
gold 2005 Budapest lightweight
gold 2006 Guangzhou lightweight
gold 2007 Baku lightweight
gold 2008 Tokyo lightweight
gold 2009 Herning lightweight
gold 2010 Moscow lightweight
gold 2011 Istanbul lightweight
gold 2012 Strathcona County lightweight
gold 2013 Budapest lightweight
gold 2014 Tashkent up to 53 kg
gold 2015 Las Vegas up to 53 kg

Beginnings

Saori Yoshida comes from a family of wrestlers. Her father Eikatsu Yoshida was Japanese wrestling champion in 1973. He was also her first coach when she started playing wrestling as a four-year-old in 1986. She developed well and became a member of the Sogo Keibi Hosoho Club ( English high school wrestling club Hisei ). After high school, she began studying at Chukyo Women's University (CWU). Koji Tanaka and Kazuhito Sakae in the national team were added as coaches. Since the end of her studies she has been working as a representative for a large industrial company.

She achieved her first major sporting successes as a junior. In 1998 in Manchester and 1999 in Lodz she was each junior world champion in the age group “Cadets” (up to the age of 16). In 2000 and 2001, she was then also Junior World Champion in Nantes and Martigny / Switzerland (age group up to 20 years of age). In those years it started in the weight classes up to 52 kg, 56 kg and 58 kg body weight. In these championships she defeated Iwona Matkowska , Poland , Ida-Theres Nerell (then still Ida-Theres Karlsson), Sweden , Marcie van Dusen , USA , Lyubow Michailowna Wolossowa , Russia and Emily Richardson , Canada , wrestlers, to whom she later also would meet again and again with the ladies.

Olympic Champion

The greatest success of every athlete is the Olympic victory. Saori Yoshida enjoyed this success three times. For the first time she became Olympic champion in Athens in 2004 in the weight class up to 55 kg body weight. On the way to this success she had to defeat four opponents. These were Sun Dongmei from China , Diletta Giampiccolo from Italy , Anna Gomis from France and Tonya Verbeek from Canada. While Saori Yoshida won against Sun, Giampiccolo and Verbeek safely in two rounds, Anna Gomis opposed her greatest resistance. Ultimately, Saori Yoshida also won this fight with 2: 0 rounds, had to fight hard for these round wins with 2: 1 and 7: 6 points.

Saori Yoshida achieved his second Olympic victory at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing . She also won there in the weight class up to 55 kg body weight and beat Ida-Theres Nerell, Natalja Golz from Russia, Tonya Verbeek and Xu Li from China with 2-0 rounds on the way to her second gold medal . The ratio of points that she scored in these four fights (28: 2) testifies to her superiority.

Saori Yoshida won gold for the third time at the 2012 Olympic Games in London . In her traditional weight class up to 55 kg, she defeated Kelsey Campbell from the United States, Julia Ratkewitsch from Azerbaijan, Valeria Scholobowa , Russia and in the final over Tonya Verbeek from Canada (2-0 rounds, 5-0 points). In her four victorious fights, she gave up no round and no technical point (8: 0 rounds, 13: 0 points).

Saori Yoshida was unable to realize her dream of winning a fourth gold medal at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro like her compatriot Kaori Icho. She won in Rio in the weight class up to 53 kg, which was the first time in the Olympic program, first over Natalja Sinischina, Azerbaijan, Isabelle Sambou, Senegal and Betsabeth Angel. Arguello Villegas, Venezuela, was defeated in the final battle against the strong American Helen Maroulis , the 2015 world champion in the weight class up to 55 kg, with 1: 4 on points and therefore had to be satisfied with the silver medal.

world champion

Japan already had a female wrestler in Seiko Yamamoto who had become world champion in the weight class up to 51 kg (1999) and 56 kg (2000 and 2001) in 1999, 2000 and 2001. In 2002 this was missing from the World Cup. In her place, Saori Yoshida was used at the world championships in Chalkida / Greece in the newly created weight class up to 55 kg. She was unbeatable there and won her first women's world title with victories over Tetjana Lasarewa , Ukraine , Minerva Monteiro Perez, Spain , Jennifer Ryz , Canada, Ida-Theres Karlsson and Tina George from the United States . The points account of their victories was 45: 5.

Saori Yoshida successfully defended this title at the 2003 World Cup in New York . There, too, none of her competitors could take a round from her. The wrestlers she defeated there were Olga Serbina, Belarus , Kitti Godo, Hungary , Monika Ewa Michalik , Poland , Jennifer Ryz, Natalja Golz , Russia and Tina George. The points account of their victories was this time 35: 4. At the end of 2003, Saori Yoshida also cleared the ranking in Japan at the Japanese championship, because she defeated Seiko Yamamoto on shoulders in the final battle of the Japanese championship and from then on she was the undisputed Japanese number 1 in the weight class up to 55 kg body weight.

In a similarly superior manner, she became world champion in Budapest in 2005 . Her opponents Rathi Neha, India , Ana Maria Pavăl , Romania , Ludmila Cristea , Moldova , Tonya Verbeek and Su Lihui , China could not take a round or a point away from her (points ratio: 30: 0).

The same style continued at the 2006 World Championships in Guangzhou and 2007 in Baku . In both years she became world champion again. In Guanzhou they defeated it z. B. Natalja Golz with 2: 0 rounds (2: 0 and 8: 0 points) and in the final battle Maria Iwanowa from Belarus after 2.13 minutes with 13: 0 points. In Baku she had a bit tougher resistance to break. So you put there z. B. surprisingly, the Colombian Jackeline Rentería met the greatest resistance and only lost with 0: 2 rounds (1: 2 and 4: 7 points). Also Olga Smirnova from Kazakhstan Saori Yoshida took off three points in a round. In the final battle of this championship, Ida-Theres Nerell had no chance against Saori Yoshida.

In 2008 in Tokyo , 2009 in Herning / Denmark , 2010 in Moscow and 2011 in Istanbul , Saori Yoshida won her world championship titles No. 6 to 9. She was safe at all of these world championships. She didn't lose a fight or give up a round. The wrestlers she defeated in addition to the aforementioned u. a. Tetjana Lasarewa from Ukraine, Sona Ahmadli from Azerbaijan , Maria Gurowa from Russia, Julia Ratkewitsch from Azerbaijan and Helen Maroulis from the United States. She achieved the best points ratio in 2010 in Moscow, namely 45: 0 !.

After her third Olympic victory in London, Saori Yoshida also started at the World Cup in Strathcona County, Canada, at the end of September 2012, where she won her tenth with victories over Aksija Dautbajewa, Kazakhstan, Geeta Geeta , India, Natalja Sinischin, Ukraine and Helen Maroulis, USA World title.

Actually all wrestling friends thought that Saori Yoshida would end her wrestling career after 2012. It was also not seen on any international wrestling mat until mid-2013. So there was a big surprise when she stood on the mat on September 19, 2013 at the World Championships in Budapest. It soon became apparent that she had lost none of her great ability, because she was there in her traditional weight class up to 55 kg with victories over Ana Maria Paval, Romania, Valerija Scholobowa , Russia, Sündewiin Bjambatseren , Mongolia, Irina Husjak , Ukraine and Sofia Mattsson was world champion for the eleventh time.

In January 2014, Saori Yoshida was part of the Japanese team at the Team World Cup in Tokyo, which defeated Russia 8-0 in the final. She defeated Maria Gurowa in the weight class up to 53 kg with 12: 1 points. In September 2014 she competed in the World Championships in Tashkent. She competed again in the weight class up to 53 kg and won the twelfth world title with victories over Pang Qianyu, China, Natalja Malysheva, Russia, Jillian Gallays, Canada and Sofia Mattsson.

Saori Yoshida was again at the start at the 2015 World Championships in Las Vegas. There she won her thirteenth world title in the weight class up to 53 kg with victories over Nadine Tokar, Switzerland, Thi Lua Nguyen, Vietnam, Angela Dorogan, Azerbaijan, Jong Myong-suk, North Korea and Sofia Mattsson.

Asian Games, Asian Championships

Saori Yoshida won the 2002 Asian Games in Busan , 2006 in Doha and 2010 in Guangzhou . In the final fights she defeated Lee Na-lae from South Korea, Olga Smirnowa and Zhang Lan, China. In 2014 she also won the Asian Games in Incheon (South Korea). She needed four wins. In her first fight she had to overcome great resistance against the Chinese Zhong Xuechen , before she narrowly won with 12: 9 points. In addition, she was Asian champion in 2004 in Tokyo , 2005 in Wuhan , 2007 in Bishkek and 2008 in Jeju-si / South Korea.

Japanese championships

From 2002 to 2011, Saori Yoshida was Japanese champion ten times in a row in the weight class up to 55 kg body weight. The most prominent opponents she defeated were Hitomi Sakamoto , Chikako Matsukawa and Seiko Yamamoto. In December 2013, she won her 11th Japanese championship. In the final she defeated Chiho Hamada and in December 2014 the 12th Japanese championship followed. In the weight class up to 53 kg, she defeated Chiho Hamada again. In December 2015 she won the 13th Japanese championship title with a final victory in the weight class up to 55 kg body weight over Hikari Sugawara.

Defeats

After 196 victorious international fights, Saori Yoshida lost on January 10th, 2008 as part of the Nations World Cup in Taiyuan / China in the match against the United States against the American Marcie van Dusen . In the first lap, Marcie van Dusen countered an attack by Saori Yoshida and even placed it briefly in the bridge. For this action she got a three-point rating. Saori Yoshida could not make up this deficit and lost the first round with 1: 4 points. In the second round, Saori Yoshida took the lead 1-0, but then gave up a two-point ranking. She was then able to force a tie of 2-2, but also lost this lap due to the higher score of Marcie van Dusen.

On May 25, 2012, Saori Yoshida lost in Tokyo as part of the final match of the Team World Cup between Japan and Russia (5: 2 for Japan) in the weight class up to 55 kg against Valeria Scholobova on points (1: 2 rounds, 2: 1, 0: 2, 0: 3 points).

Perspectives

Saori Yoshida won her third Olympic gold in London in 2012. When she was awarded a high honor by the National Olympic Committee of Japan in 2010, when asked about her goals, she replied, "winning the third gold medal in London" and, of course, "winning a friend". She realized her first statement, about her second “you don't know anything”. Together with Ichō Kaori , she was awarded the Kikuchi Kan Prize for her third gold medal at the Olympic Games and for her achievements as a wrestler in 2012 .

International success

year space competition Weight class Results
1998 1. Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Manchester up to 52 kg before Iwona Matkowska , Poland and Ida-Theres Nerell (then still Ida-Theres Karlsson), Sweden
1999 1. Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Łódź up to 56 kg before Zsuszanna Bejczi, Hungary and Marcie van Dusen , USA
2000 1. Junior World Championships in Nantes up to 58 kg before Lyubow Michailowna Wolossowa , Russia and Anna Holk, Sweden
2001 1. Junior World Championships in Martigny / Switzerland up to 58 kg before Lyubow Michailowna Wolossowa, Breanne Leigh Graham, USA and Ida-Theres Karlsson
2002 1. Universities World Cup in Edmonton up to 59 kg ahead of Su Heihua, China , Emily Richardson, Canada and Meryem Selloum , France
2002 1. Asian Games in Busan up to 55 kg before Lee Na-lae, South Korea and Naidangiin Otgondschargal , Mongolia
2002 1. World Cup in Chalkida / Greece up to 55 kg after victories over Tetjana Lasarewa , Ukraine , Minerva Monteiro Perez, Spain , Jennifer Ryz , Canada, Ida-Theres Nerell (Karlsson) and Tina George , USA
2003 1. World Cup in New York up to 55 kg after victories over Olga Serbina, Belarus , Kitti Godo, Hungary , Monika Ewa Michalik , Poland , Jennifer Ryz, Natalja Golz , Russia and Tina George
2003 1. World Cup in Tokyo up to 55 kg before Tonya Verbeek , Canada, Natalja Golz and Tina George
2004 1. Asian Championships up to 55 kg before Lee Na-lae, Naidangiin Otgondschargal and Balu Renu, India
2004 gold OS in Athens up to 55 kg after victories over Sun Dongmei , China, Diletta Giampiccolo, Italy , Anna Gomis , France and Tonya Verbeek
2004 1. World Cup in Tokyo up to 55 kg before Tela O'Donnell, USA, Natalja Karamtschakowa , Russia and Sun Dongmei
2005 1. World Cup in Clermont-Ferrand up to 55 kg before Natalja Golz and Anna Gomis
2005 1. Asian Championships in Wuhan up to 55 kg in front of Su Lihui , China, Lee Na-lae and Nguyen Thi Hang, Vietnam
2005 1. Universities World Cup in Izmir up to 55 kg before Tonya Verbeek and Marcie van Dusen
2005 1. World Cup in Budapest up to 55 kg after victories over Rathi Neha, India, Ana Maria Pavăl , Romania , Ludmila Cristea , Moldova , Tonya Verbeek and Su Lihui
2006 1. World Cup in Nagoya up to 55 kg before Su Lihui, Tonya Verbeek and Nataliya Sinişin , Belarus
2006 1. World Cup in Guangzhou up to 55 kg after victories over Marcia Yuleisi Andrades Mendoza, Venezuela , Natalja Golz, Anna Gomis, Ida-Theres Nerell and Maria Iwanowa , Belarus
2006 1. Asian Games in Doha up to 55 kg before Olga Smirnowa , Kazakhstan , Alka Tomar, India and Naidangiin Otgondschargal
2007 1. Asian Championships in Bishkek up to 55 kg before Su Lihui, Su Ying-Tsu, Taiwan and Olga Smirnowa
2007 1. World Cup in Baku up to 55 kg after victories over Jessica Bechtel , Germany, Joice Souza da Silva, Brazil , Jackeline Renteria, Colombia , Olga Smirnowa, Alena Filipawa , Belarus and Ida-Theres Nerell
2008 1. Asian Championships 2008 in Jeju-si / South Korea up to 55 kg in front of Saltanat Abdrachmanowa, Kazakhstan, Su Ying-Tsu and Xu Li, China
2008 gold OS in Beijing up to 55 kg after victories over Ida-Theres Nerell, Natalja Golz, Tonya Verbeek and Xu Li
2008 1. World Cup in Tokyo up to 55 kg after wins over Kamlesh Devi, India, Anna Swirydowska, Poland, Brittanee Laverdure , Canada and Tetjana Lasarewa
2009 1. World Cup in Herning / Denmark up to 55 kg after victories over Maminirina Judicael Rafaliharisolo, Madagascar , Anna Gomis, Ana Maria Pavăl, Tonya Verbeek and Sona Əhmədli , Azerbaijan
2010 1. World Cup in Moscow up to 55 kg after victories over Um Ji-eun, South Korea, Tamara Kasarjan, Uzbekistan , Tatjana Padilla , USA, Maria Gurowa , Russia and Julija Ratkewitsch , Azerbaijan
2010 1. Asian Games in Guangzhou up to 55 kg in front of Zhang Lan , China, Ajym Äbdildina , Kazakhstan and Pan Yon-Hu, North Korea
2011 1. World Cup in Istanbul up to 55 kg after victories over Emriye Musta, Turkey , Helen Maroulis , USA, Alma Jane Valencia Escoto, Mexico , Ida-Theres Nerell and Tonya Verbeek
2012 2. World Cup in Tokyo up to 55 kg behind Tonya Verbeek , Canada, together with Valerija Scholobowa , Russia
2012 gold OS in London up to 55 kg after victories over Kelsey Campbell , USA, Julija Ratkewitsch, Azerbaijan, Valerija Scholobowa and Tonya Verbeek
2012 1. World Cup in Sherwood Park up to 55 kg after victories over Aksija Dautbajewa, Kazakhstan, Geeta Kumari , India, Nataliya Sinişin, Ukraine and Helen Maroulis, USA
2013 1. World Cup in Budapest up to 55 kg after victories over Ana Maria Paval, Romania, Valerija Koblowa, Russia, Sündewiin Bjambatseren , Mongolia, Irina Husjak, Ukraine and Sofia Mattsson, Sweden
2014 1. World Cup in Incheon / South Korea up to 53 kg after victories over Pang Qianyu, China, Natalja Malysheva, Russia, Jillian Gallays, Canada and Sofia Mattsson
2014 1. Asian Games in Incheon / Canada up to 55 kg after victories over Zhong Xuechen, China, Pham Thi Loan, Vietnam, Babita Kumari , India and Sündewiin Bjambatseren, Mongolia
2015 1. World Cup in Las Vegas up to 53 kg after victories over Nadine Tokar, Switzerland, Thi Lua Nguyen, Vietnam, Angela Dorogan, Azerbaijan, Jong Myon-suk, North Korea and Sofia Mattsson
2016 silver OS in Rio de Janeiro up to 53 kg after victories over Nataliya Sinişin, Azerbaijan, Isabelle Sambou, Senegal and Betsabeth Angel. Arguello, Venezuela and a loss to Helen Maroulis, USA

Japanese championships

year space Weight class Results
2002 1. up to 55 kg before Hitomi Sakamoto , Chikako Matsukawa and Mari Fukuzawa
2003 1. up to 55 kg before Seiko Yamamoto , Chikako Matsukawa, and Yu Sekine
2004 1. up to 55 kg before Chikako Matsukawa, Miho Shibata and Yu Sekine
2005 1. up to 55 kg before Chikako Matsukawa, Miho Shibata and Ninako Hattori
2006 1. up to 55 kg before Hitomi Sakamoto, Ayaka Kurumaya and Chikako Matsukawa
2007 1. up to 55 kg before Chikako Matsukawa, Sachiko Hirada and Miho Shibata
2008 1. up to 55 kg before Chikao Matsukawa, Ayaka Kuramaya and Chio Hamada
2009 1. up to 55 kg before Chikako Matsukawa, Chiaki Arai and Kuzuki Sakane
2010 1. up to 55 kg before Chikako Matsukawa, Kanako Murata and Kei Yamana
2011 1. up to 55 kg before Kanako Murata , Chikako Matsukawa and Kei Yamana
2013 1. up to 55 kg before Chiho Hamada , Kanako Murata and Yuki Ikegami
2014 1. up to 53 kg before Chiho Hamada and Nanami Irie
2015 1. up to 55 kg before Hikari Sukawara, Chiho Hamada and Anri Kimura
Explanations
  • all free style competitions
  • OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship

literature

  • Trade journal Der Ringer

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