KAWAI Risako

Date of Birth: 21 Nov 1994

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wrestling	Women's Freestyle 57kg	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B	Women's Freestyle 57kg 1/8 Final #175 JPN KAWAI RKAWAI Risako 8 VPO1 GUI CAMARA FYCAMARA Fatoumata Yarie 2	Finished
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B	Women's Freestyle 57kg 1/4 Final #183 JPN KAWAI RKAWAI Risako 7 VPO MGL BOLDSAIKHAN KBOLDSAIKHAN Khongorzul 0	Finished
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B	Women's Freestyle 57kg Semifinal #205 JPN KAWAI RKAWAI Risako 2 VPO1 USA MAROULIS HLMAROULIS Helen Louise 1	Finished
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B	Women's Freestyle 57kg Final #272 JPN KAWAI RKAWAI Risako 5 VPO BLR KURACHKINA IKURACHKINA Iryna 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Freestyle 63kg	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Freestyle 57kg	2019	Nur-Sultan, KAZ
1	Freestyle 59kg	2018	Budapest, HUN
1	Freestyle 60kg	2017	Paris, FRA
2	Freestyle 63kg	2015	Las Vegas, NV, USA
7	Freestyle 51kg	2012	Sherwood Park, AB, CAN

Asian Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Freestyle 62kg	2018	Indonesia

Asian Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Freestyle 57kg	2020	New Delhi, IND
1	Freestyle 60kg	2017	New Delhi, IND

Ranking Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Freestyle 59kg	2018	Budapest, HUN

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women's Team	2019	Narita, JPN
1	Women's Team	2018	Takasaki, JPN

Shopping. (jbinc.co.jp, 22 Nov 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Office Worker

Health Studies - Shigakkan University, Obu, JPN

Languages spoken:

Japan Beverage [Obu, JPN]

Hideo Sasayama [national], JPN; Kazuhito Sakae [personal], JPN

Sporting relatives:

Her father Takahito competed in wrestling at university level, and was twice champion in the Greco-Roman discipline at the All Japan student championships. Her mother Hatsue represented Japan in the sport at the 1989 World Championships in Martigny, Switzerland, where she finished seventh. Her younger sister Yukako is also an international wrestler. She was her training partner at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and won bronze in the 62kg category at the 2019 World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. (telling.asahi.com, 17 Jul 2020; sankei.com, 01 Jan 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 04 Feb 2020; db.japan-wrestling.jp, 01 Sep 2019; olympicchannel.com, 05 Jan 2019; sanspo.com, 22 Dec 2017)

She began wrestling while she was in the second grade of primary school. (hochi.co.jp, 12 Sep 2015)

She was influenced by her parents, who both competed in the sport at an elite level. (sponichi.co.jp, 10 Sep 2015)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tfm-plus.gsj.mobi, 24 Apr 2020)

Her family. (fujinkoron.jp, 05 Apr 2020)

She was given the Wrestling Special Award at the Pro Wrestling Grand Awards in Japan in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. (japan-wrestling.jp, 17 Jan 2020)

She was presented with the Ishikawa Prefecture Sports Special Award in Japan in 2017, 2018, and 2019. (sanspo.com, 27 Nov 2019; Hab YouTube channel, 27 Nov 2018; hokkoku.co.jp, 05 Oct 2017)

In 2016 she received the Ishikawa Prefecture Citizen Honorary Award in Japan. (pref.ishikawa.lg.jp, 06 Sep 2016)

In 2015 she received the Obu City Sports Achievement Citation Award in Japan. (city.obu.aichi.jp, 31 Nov 2015)

General Interest

General
LEADER
She has served as captain of the Japanese national women's team. (asahi.com, 27 May 2020; sankei.com, 01 Jan 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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