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Name
  
Kaori Icho

Siblings
  
Chiharu Icho

Weight
  
63 kg

Height
  
1.66 m

Role
  
Olympic athlete


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Olympic medals
  
Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's Freestyle Middleweight

Similar People
  
Saori Yoshida, Chiharu Icho, Kyoko Hamaguchi, Battsetseg Soronzonbold, Eri Tosaka

Athlete Role Model Q&A - Kaori ICHO (JPN) - Nanjing 2014 YOG


Kaori Icho (Japanese: 伊調 馨, Hepburn: Icho Kaori, born 13 June 1984) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She is a ten-time World Champion and four-time Olympic Champion, winning gold in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Icho was undefeated between 2003 and 2016. On 29 January 2016 at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016 Icho lost to Orkhon Purevdorzh of Mongolia. This was her first loss after a long domination.

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She is the first female in any sport to win individual-event gold at four consecutive Olympics. On October 20th, 2016, she was awarded the People's Honour Award by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for her achievements, the second wrestler to receive the highest award, after Saori Yoshida in 2012. She is the younger sister of Chiharu Icho.

Championships and accomplishments

  • Tokyo Sports
  • Special Award (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
  • London olympics 63kg womens freestyle final kaori icho


    References

    Kaori Icho Wikipedia


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