Yūki Takahashi (wrestler)
| Yūki Takahashi medal table |
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|---|---|---|
| Japan | ||
| World Championship | ||
| gold | 2017 Paris | up to 57 kg |
| bronze | 2018 Budapest | up to 57 kg |
| Asian Games | ||
| bronze | 2017 Jakarta | up to 57 kg |
| Asian Championships | ||
| gold | 2017 New Delhi | up to 57 kg |
| bronze | 2019 Xi'an, China | up to 57 kg |
Yūki Takahashi ( Japanese 高橋 侑 希 , Takahashi Yūki ; born November 29, 1993 in Mie Prefecture ) is a Japanese wrestler . In 2017 he became world champion in free style in the weight class up to 57 kg body weight.
Career
Yūki Takahashi began wrestling as a teenager in 2003, focusing on free style. Soon he was one of the best young Japanese wrestlers in this style and qualified for the 2010 Olympic Youth Games in Singapore . He won the gold medal in the weight class up to 54 kg with a victory in the final over the Azerbaijani Kanan Gulijew.
In 2012 Yūki Takahashi took 2nd place at the Asian Junior Championship (Juniors) in Almaty in the weight class up to 55 kg body weight behind Asamat Schagapuly from Kazakhstan. In the same year he was also Japanese high school master in the weight class up to 55 kg. He then became a student at Gakunin University in Tokyo and a member of the local wrestler club. He is trained there by Yuji Takadi.
In June 2013, Yūki Takahashi finished in the Meiji Cup in Tokyo , which was also the qualification for the world championship, in the weight class up to 55 kg behind Yasuhiro Inaba and in front of Fumitaka Morishita in 2nd place. With Fumitaka Morishita , he fought many duels at various Japanese championships and tournaments in the following years. At the Japanese championship in December 2013 he met this wrestler again and this time lost in the semi-finals.
In June 2014, Yūki Takahashi Fumitaka Morishita defeated at the Meiji Cup and qualified for the Japanese team at the World Cup in Tashkent . So in Tashkent he took part in a senior world championship for the first time. He started in the weight class up to 57 kg and lost after winning two fights against the Olympic third from 1012 Yang Kyong-il from North Korea. After winning another consolation round fight against Kim Song-gwon from South Korea, he got the chance to fight for a bronze medal against Hassan Rahimi Sabzali from Iran. But he lost this fight. At the Japanese championship in December 2014, Yuki Takahashi finished second behind Fumitaka Morishita.
At the Meiji Cup 2015, Yūki Takahashi won the weight class up to 57 kg again over Fumitaka Morishita and qualified again for the Japanese World Cup team. The 2015 World Cup took place in Las Vegas . After winning two fights, Yūki Takahashi was defeated there in the round of 16 against Bechbayar Erdenebat from Mongolia. Since this then did not reach the final, he was eliminated and only came in 9th place. At the Japanese championship in 2015, he then missed a top spot and was therefore unable to qualify for the Japanese Olympic team at the Meiji Cup 2016. That was of course a serious disappointment for him. A consolation for him was his first victory in the Japanese championship in December 1916, where he won the title in the weight class up to 57 kg.
In May 2017, Yūki Takahashi was first Asian champion in the weight class up to 57 kg in New Delhi . In the final, he won over Nurislam Sanajew from Kazakhstan. At the World Championships in Paris in August 2017 , he was in excellent shape and became the undisputed world champion in his weight class with victories over Aso Palani, Canada, Sandeep Tomar, India, Bechbayar Erdenebat, Vladimir Dubow, Bulgaria and Thomas Gilman from the United States. He was the first Japanese wrestler since Toshio Asakura , who had become world champion in 1981, who again won a world title for Japan in free style.
In April 2018, Yūki Takahashi was part of the Japanese team at the Team World Cup in Iowa City. In the weight class up to 57 kg, he defeated Teimaras Vanishvili from Georgia in the preliminary rounds and Thomas Gilman again in a World Cup revenge. In the battle for 3rd place, he then defeated Reineri Andreu Ortega from Cuba. In June 2018 he won the Meiji Cup in Tokyo and thus qualified for participation in the Asian Games and the 2018 World Cup. At the Asian Games in Jakarta in August 2018, he lost his first fight in the weight class up to 57 kg against Kang Kum- song from North Korea. Since Kang reached the final, he was able to continue wrestling in the consolation round and secured a bronze medal with victories over Shandos Ismailow, Kazakhstan and Liu Minghu, China. At the World Cup in October 2018, Yūki Takahashi won over Liu Minghu, Mikyay Salim Naim, Bulgaria and Wladislaw Andrejew, Belarus. In the semifinals he had to admit defeat to the Russian Zaur Ugujew with 2: 7 points. With a win over Reineri Andreu Ortega he secured a bronze medal again.
In March 2019, Yūki Takahashi was part of the Japanese team at the Team World Cup in Yakutsk. He won there in the weight class up to 57 kg against Ali Karaboga, Turkey and Muslim Sadulajew from Russia, lost to Reineri Andreu Ortega from Cuba with a tie of 2: 2 just on points and was able to fight for 3rd place against the United States Zachary Luke Sanders retired due to injury. In April 2019 he started at the Asian Cup in Xi'an, China. In the same weight class he defeated Zou Wanhao from China and Kim Sunggwon from South Korea, but lost in the semifinals to Kang Kumsong from North Korea on points (1: 3). In the consolation round, however, he secured a bronze medal with a point victory over the Indian Kumar Ravi.
In June 2019 he won the Meiji Cup in Tokyo, where the starting positions for the upcoming world championship will be determined, in the weight class up to 57 kg. In the final, he defeated Kaiki Yamaguchi 6-3 on points. At the World Cup in Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan) in September 2019, Yūki Takahashi won over Diamantino Iuna Fafe, GBS and Daton Fix, United States, but lost in the quarter-finals to Kumar Ravi from India. Since this did not reach the final, he was eliminated and only finished 10th.
In December 2019, Yūki Takahashi lost in the final of the Japanese championship against the 2016 Olympic runner-up Rei Higuchi , who had trained in the weight class up to 57 kg, and thus finished 2nd.
International success
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Results |
| 2010 | 1. | Youth Olympic Games in Singapore | up to 54 kg | after victories over Maher Ghanni, Tunisia, Jefry de Jesus Serrata Garcia, Dominican Republic, Prince Mbambi, CGO, Mehmet Ali Daylak, Turkey and Kanan Gulijew, Azerbaijan |
| 2012 | 2. | Asian Junior Championship (Juniors) in Almaty | up to 55 kg | behind Asamat Schagapuly, Kazakhstan, ahead of Farzad Amouzadeh Halil, Iran and Alibek Tashmatow, Kyrgyzstan |
| 2014 | 12. | Takhti Cup in Tehran | up to 57 kg | Winner: Jong Hak-jin, North Korea ahead of Rasul Kaliew, Kazakhstan and Yang Kyong-il, North Korea |
| 2014 | 3. | Yasar Dogu Memorial in Istanbul | up to 57 kg | behind Nomin Batbold, Mongolia and Fumitaka Morishita, Japan |
| 2014 | 2. | Wacław Ziółkowski Memorial in Dąbrowa Górnicza | up to 57 kg | behind Ibragim Ilyasov, Russia, in front of Wladislaw Andrejew, Ukraine and Mikhail Ivanov, Russia |
| 2014 | 5. | World Cup in Tashkent | up to 57 kg | after victories over Nasibulla Kurbanow, Uzbekistan and Shokan Shingisow, Kazakhstan, a defeat against Yang Kyong-il, North Korea, a victory over Kim Sung-gwon, South Korea and a defeat against Hassan Rahimi Sabzali, Iran |
| 2015 | 1. | Wacław Ziółkowski Memorial in Warsaw | up to 57 kg | in front of Asamat Tuskajew, Russia, Zoheir El Quarrage, France and Georgi Wangelow, Bulgaria |
| 2015 | 9. | World Cup in Las Vegas | up to 57 kg | after victories over Kevin Joshua Bonilla Gomez, Honduras and Mahir Amiraslanow, Azerbaijan and a defeat against Bechbayar Erdeneboat, Mongolia |
| 2016 | 3. | Golden Grand Prix in Baku | up to 57 kg | behind Giorgi Edischeraschwili , Azerbaijan and Nariman Israpilow , Russia |
| 2017 | 23. | Ivan Yarigin Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk | up to 57 kg | Winner: Saur Ugujew , Russia ahead of Artjom Gebekow , Selimchan Abakarow and Nariman Israpilow, all Russia |
| 2017 | 1. | Asian Championship in New Delhi | up to 57 kg | in front of Zanabazar Zandanbud, Mongolia, Resa Atrinaghazali, Iran and Nusislam Sanejew, Kazakhstan |
| 2017 | 1. | World Cup in Paris | up to 57 kg | after victories over Aso Palani, Canada, Sandeep Tomar, India, Bechbayar Erdenebat, Wladimir Dubow , Bulgaria and Thomas Gilman , USA |
| 2018 | 3. | Asian Games in Jakartea | up to 57 kg | after a loss to Kang Kum-song, North Korea and victories over Shandos Ismailov, Kazakhstan and Liu Minghu, China |
| 2018 | 3. | World Cup in Budapest | up to 57 kg | after victories over Liu Minghu, Mikyay Salim Naim, Bulgaria and Wladislaw Andrejew, Belarus, a defeat against Zaur Uguhew, Russia and a win over Reineri Andreu Ortega, Cuba |
| 2019 | 3. | Asian Championship in Xi'an | up to 57 kg | after victories over Zou Wanhao, China and Kim Sunggwon, South Korea, a defeat against Kang Kumsong, North Korea and a win over Kumar Ravi, India |
| 2019 | 10. | World Cup in Nur-Sultan | up to 57 kg | after victories over Diamantino Iuna Fafe, GBS and Daton Fix, USA and a loss to Kumar Ravi |
National title fights and tournaments
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Results |
| 2012 | 1. | Japan. Collegiate Championships | up to 55 kg | before Ryosuke Sugimoto, Kyohei Yago and Yuya Kawabata |
| 2013 | 2. | Meiji Cup in Tokyo | up to 55 kg | behind Yasuhiro Inaba, in front of Fumitaka Morishita and Mamoro Handa |
| 2013 | 3. | Japan. championship | up to 55 kg | behind Fumitaka Morishita and Yasuhiro Inaba |
| 2014 | 1. | Meiji Cup in Tokyo | up to 57 kg | before Fumitaka Morishita |
| 2014 | 2. | Japan. championship | up to 57 kg | behind Fumitaka Morishita, in front of Kazuna Koyanagi and Kazunari Oshiro |
| 2015 | 1. | Meiji Cup in Tokyo | up to 57 kg | before Fumitaka Morishita |
| 2016 | 1. | Japan. championship | up to 57 kg | in front of Toshihiro Hasegawa |
| 2017 | 1. | Japan. championship | up to 57 kg | before Toshihiro Hasegawa, Kaiki Yamaguchi and Yasuhiro Morita |
| 2018 | 1. | Meiji Cup in Tokyo | up to 57 kg | before Toshihiro Hasegawa, Kanta Okada and Rikuto Arai |
| 2018 | 1. | Japanese championship | up to 57 kg | before Kaiki Yamaguchi, Daiki Araki and Kazuya Koyanagi |
| 2019 | 1. | Meiji Cup in Tokyo | up to 57 kg | before Kaiki Yamaguchi, Toshihiro Hasegawa and Rikuto Arai |
| 2019 | 2. | Japanese championship | up to 57 kg | behind Rei Higuchi and in front of Kotaro Kiyooka and Yudai Fujita |
- Explanations
- all free style competitions
- WM = World Championship
literature
Trade journal Der Ringer
Web links
- Profile of Yūki Takahashi at the Institute of Applied Exercise Science
- Report on the 2017 World Cup
- Reports on the World Championships 2014 and 2017
- Report on the 2017 Japanese championship
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nihon wrestling kyōkai ( 日本 レ ス リ ン グ 協会 , Japanese Wrestling Federation , English Japan Wrestling Federation ), athletes & tournament database : Takahashi Yūki
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Takahashi, Yuki |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Takahashi, Yūki; 高橋 侑 希 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1993 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mie prefecture |