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Name
  
Kyoko Hamaguchi

Siblings
  
Takashi Hamaguchi

Weight
  
72 kg

Height
  
1.70 m

Role
  
Wrestler


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Parents
  
Heigo Hamaguchi, Hatsue Hamaguchi

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

Similar People
  
Heigo Hamaguchi, Saori Yoshida, Kaori Icho, Stanka Zlateva, Guzel Manyurova

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Kyoko Hamaguchi (浜口 京子, Hamaguchi Kyōko, born January 11, 1978 in Taito, Tokyo) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She has won five FILA Wrestling World Championships and two Olympic Bronze medals in the 72 kg weight class.

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She is sponsored by Japan Beverage Inc. and was nominated by the Japanese Olympic Committee's Special Athlete Campaign.

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Her father is professional wrestler Animal Hamaguchi, who is known for his emotional displays during Kyoko's matches. Although Kyoko has long wanted to follow in her father's footsteps and enter the professional game, the lack of a stable women's circuit since the collapse of All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling has kept her from doing so.

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1999 Senior World Championships: 75 kg Helene Karlsson (SWE) vs. Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)


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She swam while in junior high school. At the age of fourteen, she decided that she wanted to be a female professional wrestler and trained in the Animal Hamaguchi's Wrestling Dojo.

She has won the Japan Championship every year from 1996 to 2006, and has won the World Championships five times. In both the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the 72 kg class. She was also a flag bearer for the Japanese team in the opening Olympic ceremonies in 2004.

Results

  • 1996 - win - Japan Championship (70 kg)
  • 1997 - win - Japan Championship (70 kg)
  • 1997 - win - World Championship (75 kg)
  • 1998 - win - Japan Championship (75 kg)
  • 1998 - win - World Championship (75 kg)
  • 1998 - FILA's female wrestler of the year
  • 1999 - win - Japan Championship (75 kg)
  • 1999 - win - World Championship (75 kg)
  • 2000 - win - Japan Championship (75 kg)
  • 2001 - win - Japan Championship (75 kg)
  • 2001 - win - East Asia Competition
  • 2002 - win - Japan Championship (72 kg)
  • 2002 - win - World Championship (72 kg)
  • 2002 - win - Asian Games at Busan (72 kg)
  • 2003 - win - Japan Championship (72 kg)
  • 2003 - win - World Championship (72 kg)
  • 2004 - 2nd - Testing Competition for Athens Olympics (72 kg)
  • 2004 - 3rd - Athens Olympics (72 kg)
  • 2004 - win - Japan Championship (72 kg)
  • 2005 - 2nd - World Championship (72 kg)
  • 2005 - win - Japan Championship (72 kg) (winning for 10 years), MVP (天皇杯 (Ten'noh-hai))
  • 2006 - win - Japan Queen's Cup (72 kg)
  • 2006 - 2nd - World Cup (72 kg)
  • 2006 - 2nd - Asian Games (72 kg)
  • 2007 - 2nd - Asia Championship (72 kg)
  • 2008 - 2nd - Asia Championship (72 kg)
  • 2008 - 3rd - Beijing Olympics (72 kg)
  • References

    Kyoko Hamaguchi Wikipedia