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Native name | 須崎優衣 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 30 June 1999 Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, Japan | (age 25)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. [1] She has not been beaten in a single bout since 2010, except for three losses to Yuki Irie in 2015, 2017 and 2019. [2] She has been coached by Shoko Yoshimura, five-time world champion, since she was 13 years old. [3]
An exceptionally technical wrestler, in 2017, she won a gold medal at Paris World Wrestling Championships at 48 kg, and in 2018, she won gold at the Budapest World Wrestling Championships at 50 kg. [4] [5] She won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. [6] [7]
She competed at Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 and won a gold medal. In 2018, she won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the Klippan Lady Open in Klippan, Sweden. [8] Susaki beat Maria Stadnik and in a rematch dominated the number 1 2021 Olympic seed 10–1, winning by technical fall. Although widely regarded as the best wrestler in the 50 kg class [9] Susaki entered the Tokyo games unseeded, where she went on to win gold.
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. [10]
Susaki also studies in the Sport science faculty at Waseda University.
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Native name | 須崎優衣 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 30 June 1999 Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, Japan | (age 25)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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. [1] She has not been beaten in a single bout since 2010, except for three losses to Yuki Irie in 2015, 2017 and 2019. [2] She has been coached by Shoko Yoshimura, five-time world champion, since she was 13 years old. [3]
An exceptionally technical wrestler, in 2017, she won a gold medal at Paris World Wrestling Championships at 48 kg, and in 2018, she won gold at the Budapest World Wrestling Championships at 50 kg. [4] [5] She won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. [6] [7]
She competed at Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 and won a gold medal. In 2018, she won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the Klippan Lady Open in Klippan, Sweden. [8] Susaki beat Maria Stadnik and in a rematch dominated the number 1 2021 Olympic seed 10–1, winning by technical fall. Although widely regarded as the best wrestler in the 50 kg class [9] Susaki entered the Tokyo games unseeded, where she went on to win gold.
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. [10]
Susaki also studies in the Sport science faculty at Waseda University.