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Nonoka Ozaki

Ozaki at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(2003-03-23) 23 March 2003 (age 21) Tokyo, Japan
Height	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Amateur wrestling
Weight class	62 kg 65 kg 68 kg
Event	Freestyle
Medal record Women's freestyle wrestling Representing  Japan Olympic Games 2024 Paris 68 kg World Championships 2022 Belgrade 62 kg 2023 Belgrade 65 kg 2021 Oslo 62 kg Asian Championships 2022 Ulaanbaatar 62 kg 2024 Bishkek 68 kg 2023 Astana 62 kg Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou 62 kg World U23 Championships 2022 Pontevedra 62 kg World Juniors Championships 2022 Sofia 62 kg Summer Youth Olympics 2018 Buenos Aires 57 kg

Nonoka Ozaki (born 23 March 2003) Japanese freestyle wrestler. She is a bronze medalist at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. She is a two-time gold medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a two-time gold medalist at the Asian Wrestling Championships.

Career

Ozaki won the gold medal in the girls' freestyle 57 kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She defeated Anna Szél of Hungary in her gold medal match.

Ozaki won one of the bronze medals in the women's 62 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway. She defeated Ilona Prokopevniuk of Ukraine in her bronze medal match.

Ozaki won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 World Junior Wrestling Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria. In the same year, Ozaki won the gold medal in the 62 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She also won the gold medal in the 62 kg event at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Pontevedra, Spain.

Ozaki won the silver medal in the women's 62 kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China. In the final, she lost against Mun Hyon-gyong of North Korea.

She won the gold medal in the 65 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. As a result, Ozaki earned a quota place for Japan for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. She defeated Macey Kilty of the United States in her gold medal match.

In 2024, she won the gold medal in the women's 68 kg event at the Asian Wrestling Championships held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She defeated Blessing Oborududu of Nigeria in her bronze medal match.

Achievements

References

1. "2021 Senior World Championships". UWW. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
2. "2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
3. "2022 Asian Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
4. "2022 World Junior Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
5. Brennan, Eliott (13 September 2022). "Olympic medallist Kayaalp returns to champion status at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
6. "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
7. "2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
8. ^ "2022 Asian Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
9. ^ Burke, Patrick (20 September 2023). "Japan enjoy clean sweep of women's freestyle golds on day five of World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
10. ^ "2023 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
11. "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Paris 2024 – Wrestling" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
12. "2024 Asian Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
13. ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

External links

• Media related to Nonoka Ozaki at Wikimedia Commons
• Nonoka Ozaki at the International Wrestling Database
• Nonoka Ozaki at United World Wrestling
• Nonoka Ozaki at Olympedia (archive)

• 2003 births
• Living people
• Japanese female sport wrestlers
• World Wrestling Champions
• World Wrestling Championships medalists
• Youth Olympic gold medalists for Japan
• Wrestlers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
• Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
• 21st-century Japanese sportswomen
• Wrestlers at the 2022 Asian Games
• Asian Games medalists in wrestling
• Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
• Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
• Sport wrestlers from Tokyo
• Olympic wrestlers for Japan
• Wrestlers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Olympic medalists in wrestling
• Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
• Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics