Yukako Kawai (川井 友香子, Kawai Yukako; born 27 August 1997) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in…
Yukako Kawai (川井 友香子, Kawai Yukako; born 27 August 1997) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 62 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. In 2018, she won the silver medal in the women's 62 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. A year later, she won one of the bronze medals in this event.
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Risako Kinjo (金城 梨沙子, Kinjo Risako; née Kawai) is a Japanese wrestler. She is a two-time gold medalist at the Olympic…
Risako Kinjo (金城 梨沙子, Kinjo Risako; née Kawai) is a Japanese wrestler. She is a two-time gold medalist at the Olympic Games, a three-time gold medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a four-time gold medalist at the Asian Wrestling Championships. She finished second at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas and represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she won the first of her Olympic gold medals, by defeating Maria Mamashuk of Belarus 3-0. She celebrated her Olympic gold medal victory by delivering two fireman's carry takedowns to her coach (Kazuhito Sakae). Kawai's Olympic gold was one of four won by Japan's women's wrestling team at the 2016 Rio games. In 2021, Kawai won the gold medal in the 57 kg wrestling division at the Tokyo Olympics. Her younger sister Yukako had won gold in the 62 kg division the previous day.