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Rei Higuchi

Rei Higuchi (Japanese: 樋口黎; born 28 January 1996) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler who won a silver medal in the 57 kg division at the 2016 Olympics.[1][2] He won the gold medal in the 61 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[3]

Rei Higuchi
Higuchi at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Birth name樋口黎
Nationality Japan
Born (1996-01-28) January 28, 1996 (age 27)
Japan
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
Country Japan
SportWrestling
Weight class61 kg
Event(s)Freestyle
ClubNippon Sport Science University;Tokyo
Coached byKenichi Yumoto

Kazuhito Sakae

Takahiro Wada
Achievements and titles
World finals (2022) (2023)
Regional finals (2022)
Olympic finals (2016)
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro 57 kg
World Championships
2022 Belgrade 61 kg
2023 Belgrade 57 kg
Asian Championships
2022 Ulaanbaatar 61 kg
2017 New Delhi 61 kg
World U23 Championships
2018 Bucharest 65 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
2017 Krasnoyarsk 61 kg
Japan National Championships
2019 Tokyo 57 kg
2020 Tokyo 57 kg
All-Japan Invitational Championships
2018 Tokyo 65 kg
Asian Cadets Championships
2012 Bishkek 54 kg

Higuchi studies at the Nippon Sport Science University. He fractured his right hand in October 2015, but won the All Japan Tournament in December that year.[4]

On 28 January 2017 he competed at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017, in the qualification he was eliminated by Gadzhimurad Rashidov of Russia, but he went on to wrestle back and win a bronze medal against Bulat Batoev of Russia.[5] On September 18, 2023, Rei Higuchi won a silver medal in the 57 kilogram weight class at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade. In the final he lost 4:7 to Serbian wrestler Stevan Mićić [6]

References Edit

  1. ^ "Rei Higuchi". Rio 2016. from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. ^ Higuchi, Rei (JPN) 2016-08-20 at the Wayback Machine. iat.uni-leipzig.de
  3. ^ (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  4. ^ Rei Higuchi 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
  5. ^ "Ахмед Чакаев, Даурен Куруглиев и Алан Хугаев - победители гран-при "Иван Ярыгин"-2017 - Федерация спортивной борьбы России". from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  6. ^ "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 RESULTS".

External links Edit

  • Rei Higuchi at the International Wrestling Database 
  • Rei Higuchi at Olympics.com 
  • Rei Higuchi at Olympedia 


higuchi, japanese, 樋口黎, born, january, 1996, japanese, freestyle, wrestler, silver, medal, division, 2016, olympics, gold, medal, event, 2022, world, wrestling, championships, held, belgrade, serbia, higuchi, 2016, olympicspersonal, informationbirth, name樋口黎na. Rei Higuchi Japanese 樋口黎 born 28 January 1996 is a Japanese freestyle wrestler who won a silver medal in the 57 kg division at the 2016 Olympics 1 2 He won the gold medal in the 61 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade Serbia 3 Rei HiguchiHiguchi at the 2016 OlympicsPersonal informationBirth name樋口黎Nationality JapanBorn 1996 01 28 January 28 1996 age 27 JapanHeight163 cm 5 ft 4 in SportCountry JapanSportWrestlingWeight class61 kgEvent s FreestyleClubNippon Sport Science University TokyoCoached byKenichi Yumoto Kazuhito Sakae Takahiro WadaAchievements and titlesWorld finals 2022 2023 Regional finals 2022 Olympic finals 2016 Medal record Men s freestyle wrestlingRepresenting JapanOlympic Games2016 Rio de Janeiro 57 kgWorld Championships2022 Belgrade 61 kg2023 Belgrade 57 kgAsian Championships2022 Ulaanbaatar 61 kg2017 New Delhi 61 kgWorld U23 Championships2018 Bucharest 65 kgGolden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin2017 Krasnoyarsk 61 kgJapan National Championships2019 Tokyo 57 kg2020 Tokyo 57 kgAll Japan Invitational Championships2018 Tokyo 65 kgAsian Cadets Championships2012 Bishkek 54 kgHiguchi studies at the Nippon Sport Science University He fractured his right hand in October 2015 but won the All Japan Tournament in December that year 4 On 28 January 2017 he competed at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 in the qualification he was eliminated by Gadzhimurad Rashidov of Russia but he went on to wrestle back and win a bronze medal against Bulat Batoev of Russia 5 On September 18 2023 Rei Higuchi won a silver medal in the 57 kilogram weight class at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade In the final he lost 4 7 to Serbian wrestler Stevan Micic 6 References Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rei Higuchi Rei Higuchi Rio 2016 Archived from the original on 26 August 2016 Retrieved 19 August 2016 Higuchi Rei JPN Archived 2016 08 20 at the Wayback Machine iat uni leipzig de 2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book PDF United World Wrestling Archived from the original PDF on 18 September 2022 Retrieved 18 September 2022 Rei Higuchi Archived 2016 09 20 at the Wayback Machine nbcolympics com Ahmed Chakaev Dauren Kurugliev i Alan Hugaev pobediteli gran pri Ivan Yarygin 2017 Federaciya sportivnoj borby Rossii Archived from the original on 2 February 2017 Retrieved 28 January 2017 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 RESULTS External links EditRei Higuchi at the International Wrestling Database nbsp Rei Higuchi at Olympics com nbsp Rei Higuchi at Olympedia nbsp nbsp nbsp 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 Rei Higuchi amp oldid 1176364297, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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