Japanese freestyle wrestler
Tsugumi Sakurai (born 3 September 2001) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler . She won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. She is a three-time gold medalist at the World Wrestling Championships (2021, 2022 and 2023). Sakurai also won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Career
Sakurai won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Sakurai won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
A year later, she also won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. As a result, she earned a quota place for Japan for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. In October 2023, Sakurai won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China. She defeated Jong In-sun of North Korea in her gold medal match.
She won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. She defeated Anastasia Nichita of Moldova in the final.
Achievements
References
Houston, Michael (5 October 2021). "Double Olympic champion Sadulaev wins gold on fourth day of Wrestling World Championships" . InsideTheGames.biz
"Tsugumi Sakurai wins gold in women's 55 kg at wrestling worlds" . The Japan Times . 6 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021."2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling . Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021."2022 Asian Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling . Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.Brennan, Eliott (15 September 2022). "Olympic champion Stock-Mensah resumes title success at World Wrestling Championships" . InsideTheGames.biz . Retrieved 17 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."2023 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling . Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023."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.^ "2022 Asian Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling . Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics . Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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Tsugumi Sakurai at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway
Japan
Olympic Champions in women's freestyle lightweight
