Yuka Kagami

Yuka Kagami is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She is a two-time medalist, including gold, at the Asian Wrestling Championships.

Yuka Kagami
Kagami at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Sport
CountryJapan
SportAmateur wrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Japan
Asian Championships
2019 Xi'an 72 kg
2022 Ulaanbaatar76 kg
World U23 Championships
2019 Budapest 76 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
2019 Krasnoyarsk 72 kg
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Buenos Aires 73 kg

Career

She won the bronze medal in the girls' freestyle 73 kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In 2019, at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, she won the silver medal in the women's 72 kg event.[1] In that same year, she also won the gold medal in the women's 72 kg event at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China.[2][3] At the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Budapest, Hungary she won the silver medal in the 76 kg event.[4][5]

She won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[6][7]

Major results
Year Tournament Location Result Event
2019 Asian Championships Xi'an, China 1st Freestyle 72 kg
2022 Asian Championships Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 2nd Freestyle 76 kg

References
  1. "U.S. Wrestlers Win Five Medals, Two Gold, At Ivan Yarygin Memorial International". Team USA. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2020.
  3. "2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Medalists (Collated)". China.org.cn. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Morgan, Liam (31 October 2019). "Japan win three gold medals in women's freestyle at UWW Under-23 World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 April 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  6. Houston, Michael (21 April 2022). "World champion Yoshimito among winners of Asian Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  7. "2022 Asian Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
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