Yui Susaki
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| Native name | 須崎優衣 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 June 1999 (age 22) Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 153 cm (5 ft 0 in) (2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) (2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Waseda University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Waseda University club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yui Susaki (須崎 優衣, Susaki Yui, born 30 June 1999) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1] The most dominant wrestler at the Olympics, she defeated all 4 of her opponents by technical superiority and without conceding a single point.
Career[]
An exceptionally technical wrestler, in 2017, she won a gold medal at Paris World Wrestling Championships at 48kg, and in 2018, she won gold at the Budapest World Wrestling Championships at 50kg.[2][3] She also competed at Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 and won a gold medal.
In 2018, she won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the Klippan Lady Open in Klippan, Sweden.[4] Susaki beat Maria Stadnik and in a rematch dominated the number 1 2021 Olympic seed 10-1, winning by technical fall. Although widely regarded as the best wrestler in the 50 kg class[5] Susaki entered the Tokyo games unseeded, where she went on to win gold.
On July 5, 2021, she was named flagbearer of the Japanese delegation to the Summer Olympics by the Japanese Olympic Committee, together with basketball player Rui Hachimura.[6]
Susaki also studies in the Sport science faculty at Waseda University.
Awards[]
- Tokyo Sports
- Wrestling Special Award (2017)[7]
References[]
- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Susaki, Yui (JPN)". IAT leipzig. August 24, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
- ^ "3 Japanese win gold at wrestling c'ships". The Japan news. August 25, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
- ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Klippan Lady Open. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "2021 Tokyo Olympics: Women's 50kg Wrestling Gold Medal Odds Favor Japan's Yui Susaki on FanDuel Sportsbook". The Duel. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ "Japan selects Rui Hachimura, Yui Susaki as flagbearers for Olympics". Retrieved July 6, 2021.
- ^ "東京スポーツ プロレス大賞（2010～）". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved December 16, 2017.
External links[]
- Yui Susaki at Olympedia
- Yui Susaki at United World Wrestling
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