Ayako Shoda

Ayako Shoda (Japanese正田绚子, Ayako Shoda, born November 3, 1981) is a Japanese wrestler. She was in her career so far four times world champion.

Career

Ayako Shoda began at the age of 6 years in 1987 with the rings. Thanks to the coach Ryo Kanehama, Osama Yoshioka, Kazuhito Mimura and Kazuhito Sakae they quickly became a wrestler of international standing. The 1.63 meter tall athlete attended the University of Tokyo. She is now (as of 2011) teacher and a member of the wrestling clubs in the amino High School in amino -chō, Kyotango.

In 1998 she was first Japanese champion in the weight category to 58 kg. In the same year she won at the Junior World Championships in Norway Fredrikstad in the same weight class 3rd place. In 1999, she won then their first league title in international championships. First she was in Bucharest in the weight class up to 63 kg Junior World Champion, where she won against Anita Schätzle from Germany in the final. In Hildursborg / Sweden it was also world champion in the women in the weight category to 62 kg. With Lotta Andersson, Sweden, Annika Oertli, Germany, Nikola Hartmann Dünser, Austria, Jane Hofweber, Canada and Meng Lili, China had to defeat this five strong opponents.

In the next few years they could not win a championship more Japanese. This was primarily because in their weight class Kaori Icho also launched that they could not defeat. At international level, but they still enjoyed success, even if it was used until 2005 no longer in the World Championships. In 2000 in Seoul, 2001 in Ulan- Bator, 2003 in New Delhi and 2006 in Alma Ata, she was Asian champion in the weight class up to 62 kg ( to 2001 ) and 63 kg ( since 2002). In the final battle, she defeated while Meng Lili, Su Kun - kua, China, Geetika Jahkar, India and Jelena Schalygina from Kazakhstan. In 2000, she was in Nantes also again the Junior World Championship, where she, among other things Sara McMann, USA, Monika Ewa Michalik, Poland and Darija Nazarova of Russia defeated. Finally, it was established in 2004 in Lodz and 2005 in Izmir also universities world champion and won the World Cup 2005 in Clermont- Ferrand before Sally Roberts from the United States.

Since 2005 started Ayako Shoda, Kaori Icho to go out of the way, behind which they had become 2002 to 2004, Japanese Vice-Champion in the weight class up to 63 kg over the years, in the weight category to 59 kg. In 2005, she was then also used in the World Cup in Budapest again. In her new weight class, it was with wins over Alka Tomar of India, Julia Ratkewitsch from Azerbaijan, Lene Aanes, Norway, Ida -Theres Nerell, Sweden and Marianna Sastin from Hungary in superior pedicle for the second time World Champion. With 27:1 points in the five battles they scoring a points ratio, the approach presented in the normally achieved by Kaori Icho. In the Japanese Championship 2005 in December this year still, she managed not to be for the second time Japanese champion, because they defeated there in the final of the former world champion Seiko Yamamoto.

In 2006 she was in Guangzhou after beating Alka Tomar, Nasanburmaa Ochirbat, Mongolia, Ludmila Cristea, Moldova and Su Lihui, China again world champion in the weight class up to 59 kg, while United at the 2007 World Championships in Baku after beating Leigh Jaynes of the States and Agata Pietrzyk of Poland was defeated Natalya Sinischin from Ukraine and thus was only on the 7th Place. In 2008 Ayako Shoda made no attempt to qualify for the Olympic Games in Beijing. You would have to have to change again in the weight class up to 63 kg, but saw no chance of victory against Kaori Icho. She went in 2008 but at the World Championships in Tokyo at the start and was there with wins over Kestan Kiazowa, Kyrgyzstan, Deanna Rix, USA, Elvira Mursalowa, Azerbaijan and Natalia Golz, Russia for the fourth time world champion.

In 2009, she was then after eleven break for the second time Japanese champion. She defeated fight for victory in the weight class up to 59 kg Kei Yamana. In 2010 she went again at the World Championships in Moscow at the start. They lost to victories over Sona Ahmadli, Azerbaijan and Olga Kalinina, Kazakhstan, against Battsetseg Soronzonbold from Mongolia extremely scarce and controversial on points (1:2 rounds at 8:8 points ). In the fight for a World Cup bronze medals they besiegts Tonya Verbeek of Canada.