Yui Susaki (須崎 優衣, Susaki Yui, born 30 June 1999) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics without conceding a single point.[1] She has not been beaten in a single bout since 2010, except for three losses to Yuki Irie in 2015, 2017 and 2019.[2] She has been coached by Shoko Yoshimura, five-time world champion, since she was 13 years old.[3]
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| Native name | 須崎優衣 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 June 1999 (age 25) Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 153 cm (5 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Waseda University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Waseda University club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAn exceptionally technical wrestler, in 2017, she won a gold medal at Paris World Wrestling Championships at 48 kg, and in 2018, she won gold at the Budapest World Wrestling Championships at 50 kg.[4][5] She won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[6][7]
She competed at Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 and won a gold medal. In 2018, she won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the Klippan Lady Open in Klippan, Sweden.[8] Susaki beat Maria Stadnik and in a rematch dominated the number 1 2021 Olympic seed 10–1, winning by technical fall. Although widely regarded as the best wrestler in the 50 kg class[9] Susaki entered the Tokyo games unseeded, where she went on to win gold.
On 5 July 2021, she was named flagbearer of the Japanese delegation to the Summer Olympics by the Japanese Olympic Committee, together with basketball player Rui Hachimura.[10]
Susaki also studies in the Sport science faculty at Waseda University.
Awards
editReferences
edit- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "SUSAKI Yui". UWW. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "須崎優衣の恩師・吉村祥子コーチは国際殿堂入りの軽量級最強女王「100点満点をあげたい」" [Yui Susaki's mentor, Coach Shoko Yoshimura was the strongest lightweight queen named to the International Hall of Fame "I would give her a perfect score of 100"]. Hochi Sports (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "Susaki, Yui (JPN)". IAT leipzig. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "3 Japanese win gold at wrestling c'ships". The Japan news. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ Burke, Patrick (14 September 2022). "Susaki and Morikawa earn Japanese double at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Klippan Lady Open. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "2021 Tokyo Olympics: Women's 50kg Wrestling Gold Medal Odds Favor Japan's Yui Susaki on FanDuel Sportsbook". The Duel. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Japan selects Rui Hachimura, Yui Susaki as flagbearers for Olympics". Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "東京スポーツ プロレス大賞（2010～）". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 December 2017.
External links
edit- Yui Susaki at United World Wrestling
- Yui Susaki at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- Yui Susaki at Olympics.com
- Yui Susaki at Olympedia