Kiyou Shimizu
![]() Kiyou Shimizu in 2018 | |
Personal information | |
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Native name | 清水希容 |
Born | Osaka, Japan | 7 December 1993
Sport | |
Country | Japan |
Sport | Karate |
Event(s) | Individual kata |
University team | Kansai University |
Medal record |
Kiyou Shimizu (清水希容, Shimizu Kiyō, born 7 December 1993)[1][2] is a Japanese karateka competing in the women's kata event. She won the silver medal in the women's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3] She is also a two-time gold medalist at the World Karate Championships and a two-time gold medalist at the Asian Games.
Career[]
In 2014, she represented Japan at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, and she won the gold medal in the women's kata event. A month later, she became world champion in this event at the 2014 World Karate Championships held in Bremen, Germany.[4] In 2015, she won the gold medal in this event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Yokohama, Japan.[5]
At the 2016 World Karate Championships in Linz, Austria, she repeated her 2014 success by winning the gold medal in the women's kata event for the second time.[4][6] In 2017, she won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the World Games held in Wrocław, Poland.[7][8][9] In the final, she defeated Sandra Sánchez of Spain.[8]
In 2018, she won a medal in three major tournaments. At the 2018 Asian Karate Championships held in Amman, Jordan, she won the gold medal in the women's kata event.[10] She also won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[2][11][12] Her success continued at the World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain where she won the silver medal in the women's individual kata event.[9][13] In the final, she lost against Sandra Sánchez of Spain.[9][13][14]
At the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event.[15][16]
She represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in karate.[17][18] She reached the final in the women's kata event, but lost the gold medal bout to Spain's Sandra Sánchez Jamie.[19]
Personal life[]
She studied at Kansai University.[20]
Achievements[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event |
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2014 | Asian Games | Incheon, South Korea | 1st | Individual kata |
World Championships | Bremen, Germany | 1st | Individual kata | |
2015 | Asian Championships | Yokohama, Japan | 1st | Individual kata |
2016 | World Championships | Linz, Austria | 1st | Individual kata |
2017 | World Games | Wrocław, Poland | 1st | Individual kata |
2018 | Asian Championships | Amman, Jordan | 1st | Individual kata |
Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia | 1st | Individual kata | |
World Championships | Madrid, Spain | 2nd | Individual kata | |
2019 | Asian Championships | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 1st | Individual kata |
2021 | Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan | 2nd | Individual kata |
References[]
- ^ "Shimizu's Instagram Page".
- ^ a b "Karate Results" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ Palmer, Dan (5 August 2021). "Sanchez the history-maker as karate makes highly-anticipated Olympic debut". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ a b Etchells, Daniel (29 October 2016). "Four gold medals for Japan on opening day of finals at 2016 Karate World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Medalists" (PDF). 2015 Asian Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ "2016 World Karate Championships Medalists" (PDF). Sportdata. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Kiyuna, Shimizu win gold in karate kata at World Games". The Japan Times. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Karate Results" (PDF). 2017 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ a b c Hernon, Matthew (16 August 2019). "Meet the Tokyo 2020 Athletes: Karate Sensation Ryo Kiyuna". Tokyo Weekender. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ Etchells, Daniel (14 July 2018). "Japan claim seven gold medals at Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Ryo Kiyuna, Kiyou Shimizu continue to help raise karate's profile". The Japan Times. 26 August 2018. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ Etchells, Daniel (25 August 2018). "Unified Korean team win dragon boat bronze medal on historic day at 2018 Asian Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ a b "2018 World Karate Championships". SportData. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 World Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (20 July 2019). "Japan earn six titles but Uzbek hosts also golden at Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "2019 Asian Karate Championships Results" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". WKF.net. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Spain's Sandra Sanchez Jamie tops Japan's Kiyou Shimizu to win first karate Olympic gold". The Japan Times. 2021-08-05. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ "Kiyou Shimizu won the title for FISU 8th World University Karate Championships". Kansai University. 20 July 2012. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
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