MUKAIDA Mayu

Japan

Wrestling

Date of Birth: 22 Jun 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Youth Olympian

Place of birth: YOKKAICHI

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : TOKYO

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wrestling	Women's Freestyle 53kg	1

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B	Women's Freestyle 53kg 1/8 Final #239 CMR ESSOMBE TIAKO JEESSOMBE TIAKO Joseph Emilienne 0 JPN MUKAIDA MMUKAIDA Mayu 10 VSU	Finished
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B	Women's Freestyle 53kg 1/4 Final #243 POL ZASINA RMZASINA Roksana Marta 2 JPN MUKAIDA MMUKAIDA Mayu 12 VSU1	Finished
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B	Women's Freestyle 53kg Semifinal #263 MGL BAT OCHIR BBAT OCHIR Bolortuya 3 JPN MUKAIDA MMUKAIDA Mayu 6 VPO1	Finished
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B	Women's Freestyle 53kg Final #329 CHN PANG QPANG Qianyu 4 JPN MUKAIDA MMUKAIDA Mayu 5 VPO1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Youth Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women's 52kg	2014	Nanjing, CHN

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Freestyle 55kg	2018	Budapest, HUN
2	Freestyle 53kg	2019	Nur-Sultan, KAZ
2	Freestyle 53kg	2017	Paris, FRA

Asian Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Freestyle 53kg	2017	New Delhi, IND
2	Freestyle 53kg	2020	New Delhi, IND
2	Freestyle 53kg	2019	Xian, CHN

Ranking Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Freestyle 55kg	2018	Budapest, HUN
1	Freestyle 55kg	2018	Taiyuan, CHN

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women's Team	2018	Takasaki, JPN
1	Women's Team	2017	Cheboksary, RUS

Junior World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Freestyle 55kg	2016	Macon, FRA

Occupation:

Athlete, Office Worker

Education:

Sports Science - Shigakkan University, Obu, JPN

Family:

Partner Shota Shidochi

Languages spoken:

Japanese

Club name:

JTEKT [Japan]

Coach:

Shota Shidochi [partner], JPN

Sporting relatives:

Her father Atsushi competed in jiujitsu at the 2003 All Japan Championships. (hochi.news, 09 Mar 2021; olympicchannel.com, 03 Nov 2020)

Start:

She first tried the sport at age five at the Yokkaichi Wrestling Club in Japan. (you-yokkaichi.com, 10 Jan 2020; hochi.news, 29 Nov 2019)

Reason:

She initially got involved in karate through her mother and her older sister's influence. She then switched to wrestling following encouragement from her father. (olympicchannel.com, 03 Nov 2020; hochi.news, 29 Nov 2019)

Ambition:

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (hochi.news, 09 Mar 2021)

Influence:

Her father. (hochi.news, 09 Mar 2021)

Ritual:

Her favourite colour is pink, so she wears pink wrestling shoes. (nikkansports.com, 17 Sep 2019; Instagram profile, 01 Jan 2019)

Award:

In 2017, 2019, and 2020 she received the Obu City Sports Achievement Award in Japan. (city.obu.aichi.jp, 22 Oct 2020, 25 Oct 2017; chunichi.co.jp, 05 Nov 2019)

General Interest

General
MOVE TO TOKYO
Born in Yokkaichi, Japan, she relocated to Tokyo by herself at about age 13 in order to join the Japanese Olympic Committee [JOC] Elite Academy. (olympicchannel.com, 03 Nov 2020; tokyo-np.co.jp, 10 Apr 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
VPO1:: Victory by points - with point(s) scored by the opponent
VSU:: Victory by technical superiority - without any point scored by the opponent
VSU1:: Victory by technical superiority - with point(s) scored by the opponent

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