Kaori Icho (Japanese: 伊調 馨, Hepburn: Ichō 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 Pürevdorjiin Orkhon of Mongolia. This was her first loss after a long domination.[1]
She is the first female in any sport to win individual-event gold at four consecutive Olympics.[2] On October 20, 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.
kaori, icho, japanese, 伊調, hepburn, ichō, kaori, born, june, 1984, japanese, freestyle, wrestler, time, world, champion, four, time, olympic, champion, winning, gold, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, icho, undefeated, between, 2003, 2016, january, 2016, golden, grand, . Kaori Icho Japanese 伊調 馨 Hepburn Ichō 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 Purevdorjiin Orkhon of Mongolia This was her first loss after a long domination 1 Kaori IchoIcho at the 2008 OlympicsPersonal informationNative name伊調馨NationalityJapaneseBorn13 June 1984 1984 06 13 age 38 Hachinohe Aomori JapanHeight166 cm 5 ft 5 in 2016 Weight61 kg 134 lb 2016 SportCountryJapanSportWrestlingEvent s FreestyleClubSogho Security ServicesCoached byKazuhito SakaeMedal record Women s freestyle wrestlingRepresenting JapanEvent 1st 2nd 3rdOlympic Games 4 World Championships 10 Asian Games 1 1 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 1 Total 15 2 0Olympic Games2004 Athens 63 kg2008 Beijing 63 kg2012 London 63 kg2016 Rio de Janeiro 58 kgWorld Championships2002 Chalkida 63 kg2003 New York 63 kg2005 Budapest 63 kg2006 Guangzhou 63 kg2007 Baku 63 kg2010 Moscow 63 kg2011 Istanbul 63 kg2013 Budapest 63 kg2014 Tashkent 58 kg2015 Las Vegas 58 kgAsian Games2002 Busan 63 kg2006 Doha 63 kgGolden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin2016 Krasnoyarsk 58 kgAsian Wrestling Championships2004 Tokyo 63 kg2005 Wuhan 63 kg2007 Bishkek 63 kg2008 Jeju 63 kg2011 Tashkent 63 kg2019 Xi an 57 kgShe is the first female in any sport to win individual event gold at four consecutive Olympics 2 On October 20 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 Contents 1 Championships and accomplishments 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksChampionships and accomplishments EditTokyo Sports Wrestling Special Award 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 3 4 See also EditList of multiple Olympic gold medalists List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event List of multiple Olympic medalists in one eventReferences Edit Icho Hamada Roll While Tsargush Gazi Rocked at Yarygin Grand Prix wrestrus ru Archived from the original on 24 February 2016 Retrieved 29 January 2015 Wrestler Kaori Icho makes history with fourth straight gold BBC Sport 17 August 2016 Retrieved 17 August 2016 東京スポーツ プロレス大賞 選考経過 2000 2009 Tokyo Sports in Japanese Retrieved 16 December 2017 東京スポーツ プロレス大賞 2010 Tokyo Sports in Japanese Retrieved 16 December 2017 External links EditKaori Icho at the International Wrestling Database Kaori Icho at the International Olympic Committee Kaori Icho at Rio2016 com at the Wayback Machine archived August 26 2016 Kaori Icho at databaseOlympics com archived Kaori Icho at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived This article about a Japanese Olympic medalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This biographical article relating to a Japanese sport wrestler or wrestling coach is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kaori Icho amp oldid 1102394182, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
