Kiyou Shimizu

Kiyou Shimizu (清水希容, Shimizu Kiyō, born 7 December 1993)^[1][2] is a Japanese karateka competing in the women's kata event. She won the silver medal in the women's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[3] She is also a two-time gold medalist at the World Karate Championships and a two-time gold medalist at the Asian Games.

Kiyou Shimizu

Kiyou Shimizu in 2018
Personal information
Native name	清水希容
Born	(1993-12-07) 7 December 1993 (age 29) Osaka, Japan
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Karate
Event(s)	Individual kata
University team	Kansai University
Medal record Women's karate Representing  Japan Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Individual kata World Championships 2014 Bremen Individual kata 2016 Linz Individual kata 2018 Madrid Individual kata Asian Games 2014 Incheon Individual kata 2018 Jakarta Individual kata Asian Championships 2015 Yokohama Individual kata 2018 Amman Individual kata 2019 Tashkent Individual kata World Games 2017 Wrocław Individual kata

Career

In 2014, she represented Japan at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, and she won the gold medal in the women's kata event. A month later, she became world champion in this event at the 2014 World Karate Championships held in Bremen, Germany.^[4][5] In 2015, she won the gold medal in this event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Yokohama, Japan.^[6]

At the 2016 World Karate Championships in Linz, Austria, she repeated her 2014 success by winning the gold medal in the women's kata event for the second time.^[4][7] In 2017, she won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the World Games held in Wrocław, Poland.^[8][9][10] In the final, she defeated Sandra Sánchez of Spain.^[9]

In 2018, she won a medal in three major tournaments. At the 2018 Asian Karate Championships held in Amman, Jordan, she won the gold medal in the women's kata event.^[11] She also won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.^[2][12][13] Her success continued at the World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain where she won the silver medal in the women's individual kata event.^[10][14] In the final, she lost against Sandra Sánchez of Spain.^[10][14][15]

At the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event.^[16][17]

She represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in karate.^[18][19] She reached the final in the women's kata event, but lost the gold medal bout to Spain's Sandra Sánchez Jamie.^[20]

Personal life

She studied at Kansai University.^[21]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event
2014	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	1st	Individual kata
	World Championships	Bremen, Germany	1st	Individual kata
2015	Asian Championships	Yokohama, Japan	1st	Individual kata
2016	World Championships	Linz, Austria	1st	Individual kata
2017	World Games	Wrocław, Poland	1st	Individual kata
2018	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	1st	Individual kata
	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	1st	Individual kata
	World Championships	Madrid, Spain	2nd	Individual kata
2019	Asian Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	1st	Individual kata
2021	Summer Olympics	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	Individual kata

References

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8. "Kiyuna, Shimizu win gold in karate kata at World Games". The Japan Times. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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11. Etchells, Daniel (14 July 2018). "Japan claim seven gold medals at Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 26 April 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
12. "Ryo Kiyuna, Kiyou Shimizu continue to help raise karate's profile". The Japan Times. 26 August 2018. from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
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14. "2018 World Karate Championships". SportData. from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
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16. Rowbottom, Mike (20 July 2019). "Japan earn six titles but Uzbek hosts also golden at Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 April 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
17. "2019 Asian Karate Championships Results" (PDF). World Karate Federation. (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
18. "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". WKF.net. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
19. Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
20. "Spain's Sandra Sanchez Jamie tops Japan's Kiyou Shimizu to win first karate Olympic gold". The Japan Times. 2021-08-05. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
21. "Kiyou Shimizu won the title for FISU 8th World University Karate Championships". Kansai University. 20 July 2012. from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

External links

 

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