Kaori Icho

Kaori Icho

Icho at the 2008 Olympics
Personal information
Native name	伊調馨
Born	13 June 1984 (1984-06-13) (age 40) Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan
Height	166 cm (5 ft 5 in) (2016)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb) (2016)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Freestyle
Club	Sogho Security Services
Coached by	Kazuhito Sakae
Medal record Women's freestyle wrestling Representing  Japan Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 4 – – World Championships 10 – – Asian Games 1 1 – Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin – 1 – Total 15 2 0 Olympic Games 2004 Athens 63 kg 2008 Beijing 63 kg 2012 London 63 kg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 58 kg World Championships 2002 Chalkida 63 kg 2003 New York 63 kg 2005 Budapest 63 kg 2006 Guangzhou 63 kg 2007 Baku 63 kg 2010 Moscow 63 kg 2011 Istanbul 63 kg 2013 Budapest 63 kg 2014 Tashkent 58 kg 2015 Las Vegas 58 kg Asian Games 2002 Busan 63 kg 2006 Doha 63 kg Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016 Krasnoyarsk 58 kg Asian Wrestling Championships 2004 Tokyo 63 kg 2005 Wuhan 63 kg 2007 Bishkek 63 kg 2008 Jeju 63 kg 2011 Tashkent 63 kg 2019 Xi'an 57 kg

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.

Championships and accomplishments

• Tokyo Sports
  • Wrestling Special Award (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)^[3][4]

See also

• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event
• List of multiple Olympic medalists in one event

References

1. "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.
2. "Wrestler Kaori Icho makes history with fourth straight gold". BBC Sport. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
3. "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.
4. "東京スポーツ プロレス大賞（2010～）". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 December 2017.

External links

• Kaori Icho at the International Wrestling Database
• Kaori Icho at United World Wrestling
• Kaori Icho at Olympics.com
• Kaori Icho at Olympic.org (archived)
• Kaori Icho at Olympedia (archive)
• Kaori Icho at Rio2016.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 August 2016)