Yui Susaki
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Native name | 須崎優衣 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, Japan | 30 June 1999|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 153 cm (5 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Waseda University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Waseda University club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Shoko Yoshimura[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yui Susaki (須崎 優衣, Susaki Yui, born 30 June 1999) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics without conceding a single point to any opponent. In the 2024 Summer Olympics, she was defeated by Vinesh Phogat, her first ever loss in any international bout. She eventually won a bronze medal through the repechage bout. She is also a four-time World Champion, having won her first title in 2017. She is coached by Shoko Yoshimura.
Career
[edit]Susaki made her junior debut in 2010 and won three consecutive world cadet championships from 2014 to 2016.[2] In 2017, she won the gold medal at her debut World Championships in Paris in 2017 in the 48 kg category. In 2018, she won the gold medal at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships at Budapest in the new 50 kg category.[3][4] Between the world titles, she won the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 and the Klippan Lady Open in 2018 in the women's 50 kg event. In Klippan, she beat then top ranked Mariya Stadnik in the final by a 10-1 scoreline.[5]
She could not defend her World title in the 2019 World Wrestling Championships as she was beaten by Yuki Irie in the national trials. Stadnyk triumphed in the 50kg category at the World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. Due to Irie's poor performance in Nur-Sultan, she was recalled to the Olympic Team.[6] On 5 July 2021, she was named flagbearer of the Japanese delegation to the Summer Olympics by the Japanese Olympic Committee, together with basketball player Rui Hachimura.[7] Although widely regarded as one of the best wrestler in the 50 kg class, she was unseeded going into the Olympics.[8] She went on to win the gold medal without conceding a point to an opponent in the Games.[9][10] She won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the subsequent 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[11][12]
At the 50 kg event at the 2024 Olympics, Susaki lost her first round bout against Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat, which was her first loss in 95 matches against non-Japanese wrestlers.[13][14] In the repechage bout, she overcame Ukrainian Oksana Livach by technical superiority to win the bronze medal.[15][16]
Awards
[edit]- Wrestling Special Award by Tokyo Sports (2017)[17]
Achievements
[edit]- Legend
- W – Win; L – Loss;
- F – Victory by fall
Summer Olympic Games
[edit]Year | Venue | Event | Opponent | Result | Round | Rank |
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2020 | Tokyo | 50 kg | ![]() |
W 10–0 | Final | ![]() |
2024 | Paris | 50 kg | ![]() |
W 10-0 | Repechage | ![]() |
World Championships
[edit]Year | Venue | Event | Opponent | Result | Round | Rank |
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2017 | Paris | 48 kg | ![]() |
W 14-4 | Final | ![]() |
2018 | Budapest | 50 kg | ![]() |
W 10-0 | Final | ![]() |
2022 | Belgrade | 50 kg | ![]() |
W 4F-0 | Final | ![]() |
2023 | Belgrade | 50 kg | ![]() |
W 10-0 | Final | ![]() |
Asian Wrestling Championships
[edit]Year | Venue | Event | Opponent | Result | Round | Rank |
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2017 | New Delhi | 48 kg | ![]() |
W 10-0 | Final | ![]() |
2024 | Bishkek | 50 kg | ![]() |
W 8-4 | Final | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ "須崎優衣の恩師・吉村祥子コーチは国際殿堂入りの軽量級最強女王「100点満点をあげたい」" [Yui Susaki's mentor, Coach Shoko Yoshimura was the strongest lightweight queen named to the International Hall of Fame "I would give her a perfect score of 100"]. Hochi Sports (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan. 7 August 2021. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "Profile, Yui Susaki". United World Wrestling. Archived from the original on 6 August 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Susaki, Yui (JPN)". IAT leipzig. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "3 Japanese win gold at wrestling c'ships". The Japan news. 25 August 2017. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Klippan Lady Open. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "Japan's wrestling great Susaki Yui: The battle that made the undefeated star cry". Olympics.com. 21 September 2023. Archived from the original on 6 August 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Japan selects Rui Hachimura, Yui Susaki as flagbearers for Olympics". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "2021 Tokyo Olympics: Women's 50kg Wrestling Gold Medal Odds Favor Japan's Yui Susaki on FanDuel Sportsbook". The Duel. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Vinesh Phogat faces Yui Susaki, wrestler who won gold in Tokyo without losing a single point, in Paris Olympics opener". The Hindustan Times. 6 August 2024. Archived from the original on 6 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ Burke, Patrick (14 September 2022). "Susaki and Morikawa earn Japanese double at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 15 September 2022. Retrieved 15 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.
- ^ Armstrong, Jim (6 August 2024). "Wrestler Yui Susaki Suffers a Shock 1st-Round Loss in Paris". Japan Forward. Archived from the original on 8 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Olympics: Tokyo gold medalist Susaki falls in wrestling 1st round". Kyodo News. 6 August 2024. Archived from the original on 6 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ Klingman, Kyle (7 August 2024). "Olympic Wrestling Semifinals & Finals - Day 3 Match Notes". FloWrestling. Archived from the original on 8 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "東京スポーツ プロレス大賞(2010〜)". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
External links
[edit]- Yui Susaki at United World Wrestling
- Yui Susaki at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- Yui Susaki at Olympics.com
- Yui Susaki at Olympedia
- World Wrestling Champions
- Japanese female sport wrestlers
- 1999 births
- Living people
- People from Matsudo
- Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic wrestlers for Japan
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Olympic gold medalists for Japan
- Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
- Sportspeople from Chiba Prefecture
- 21st-century Japanese sportswomen