Arata Sonoda
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Born | 5 July 1994 | |||||||||||||
Height | 186 cm (6.10 ft; 73 in) | |||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | |||||||||||||
Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||
Weight class | 130 kg | |||||||||||||
Event(s) | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Arata Sonoda (born 5 July 1994) is a Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler. In 2018, he won one of the bronze medals in the 130 kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Career[]
In 2014, he competed in the 130 kg event at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships where he was eliminated in his first match by Bilyal Makhov of Russia.[1] The following year, he competed again in the 130 kg event with the same result; he was eliminated from the competition in his first match, this time against Lukas Hörmann.
In 2017, he competed in the 130 kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France where he lost his only match against Levan Arabuli.[2] In 2018, he was also eliminated in his first match and the same thing happened in the 130 kg event in 2019.
In 2020, he competed at the 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships held in New Delhi, India where he lost his bronze medal match against Mansur Shadukayev.[3][4][5] In April 2021, he competed at the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He did not qualify at this tournament and, in May 2021, he also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Major results[]
Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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2018 | Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia | 3rd | Greco-Roman 130 kg |
References[]
- ^ "2014 World Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 September 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "2017 World Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (18 February 2020). "Sunil clinches first Indian Greco-Roman gold since 1993 at Asian Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Asian Wrestling Championship 2020: Day 1 Results Roundup". Sportskeeda. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "2020 Asian Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
External links[]
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- Living people
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- Japanese male sport wrestlers
- Wrestlers at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games medalists in wrestling
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Japanese sport wrestler stubs