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Japanese sport wrestle, coach (1982-)

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Type
Person
Country
JP
Active from
1946-04-05

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Listeners
739
Total plays
17,949

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Key facts

Born
( 1982-10-05 ) 5 October 1982 (age 43) , Tsu , Mie , Japan
Alma mater
Shigakkan University
Height
1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight
53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Professional wrestling
Event
Freestyle
Club
High School Wrestling Club Hisai, Sogho Security Services , ALSOK Tokyo
Coached by
Masanori Ohashi, Shigeo Kinase , Kazuhito Sakae , Eikatsu Yoshida

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
Japan
Place of birth
Tsu
Position held
rector
Languages spoken
Japanese
Country for sport
Japan
Mass
55
Image
Saori Yoshida and Kazuhito Sakae at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.jpg
Height
1.57
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date of birth
1982-10-05
Commons category
Saori Yoshida
name in kana
よしだ さおり
name in native language
吉田沙保里
social media followers
427104
sports discipline competed in
wrestling
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Encyclopedic overview

Saori Yoshida (吉田 沙保里, Yoshida Saori; born 5 October 1982) is a Japanese former freestyle wrestler. Starting in 1998, she won almost every major competition, including three Olympic Games, four Asian Games, and 13 world championships, becoming the most decorated athlete in freestyle wrestling history. As of 2016, Yoshida had only suffered three senior-career losses in international competitions, to Marcie Van Dusen (0–2) on 20 January 2008 at the Team World Cup series, Valeria Zholobova (1–2) on 27 May 2012 at the World Cup, and to Helen Maroulis (1–4) on 18 August 2016 at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Yoshida was the flagbearer for Japan at the 2006 Asian Games and at the 2012 Olympics. In 2007, she became the first female wrestler to be named Japanese Athlete of the Year, and in 2012 she received the People's Honour Award.

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