Risako Kawai

Risako Kawai
Personal information
Nationality Japanese
Born (1994-11-21) 21 November 1994
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Country Japan
Sport Wrestling
Medal record
Summer Olympics
2016 Rio de Janeiro 63 kg
World Championships
2015 Las Vegas 63 kg

Risako Kawai (川井 梨紗子, born 21 November 1994)[1] is a Japanese wrestler. She finished second at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas and represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics winning a gold medal by defeating Maria Mamashuk of Belarus 3-0.

She celebrated her Olympic gold medal victory by delivering two fireman's carry takedowns to her coach (Kazuhito Sakae).[2]

Kawai's Olympic gold medal was one of four won by Japan's women's wrestling team at the 2016 Rio games.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Risako Kawai". Rio 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  2. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/2016/08/19/japanese-wrestler-risako-kawai-takes-down-her-coach-in-celebrati/
  3. ↑ https://sports.yahoo.com/news/women-japans-wrestling-team-remain-235724694.html


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