Sara Dosho (土性 沙羅, Doshō Sara, born October 17, 1994) is a wrestler from Japan. She won the gold medal in the women's 69 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1] She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France.
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| Born | October 17, 1994 (age 30) Matsusaka, Mie, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 159 cm (5 ft 3 in) (2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) (2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editShe competes in the 67kg division and won the gold medal at the 2013 Summer Universiade in the same division[2] defeating Ochirbatyn Nasanburmaa of Mongolia in the final. She also won the bronze medal the 2013 World Wrestling Championships.[3] She won the gold medal in women's freestyle (69kg) at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.[4]
In 2021, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's 68 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[5][6]
Championships and accomplishments
edit- Tokyo Sports
- Wrestling Special Award (2016, 2017)[7]
References
edit- ^ "Sara Dosho". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ^ 土性さん“学生五輪”で金. Loco Net (in Japanese). 日本地域紙協議会. Archived from the original on 20 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ "Yun wins 1st Greco title for DPR Korea at World Championships". Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées. Archived from the original on 23 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Japan's Sara Dosho wins -69kg freestyle wrestling gold". BBC Sport. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ Palmer, Dan (3 August 2021). "Trio of world champions add Olympic gold on second night of wrestling finals at Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 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- Sara Dosho at the International Wrestling Database
- Sara Dosho at United World Wrestling
- Sara Dosho at Olympics.com
- Sara Dosho at Olympic.org (archived)
- Sara Dosho at Olympedia (archive)
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