Kaori Icho
Kaori Icho (Japanese伊 调 馨, Kaori Icho, born June 13, 1984 in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan ) is a Japanese wrestler. She is Olympic champion 2004, 2008 and 2012 and eight -time world champion in the weight class up to 63 kg bodyweight ( middleweight).
Career
Kaori Icho comes from a Ringer family and was taken away by her older sister Chiharu for training at the age of three years. From playful initial operation soon grew this serious training. During the visit, the Choja middle school she reached two consecutive title wins at the national secondary school championships of women. In her high school Kaori Icho time belonged to the wrestling club operated by the Chūkyō woman Shigakuhan University High School in Nagoya. Soon they counted as a junior to the best young wrestlers in Japan and in 2002 it was the first time Japanese champion in the senior in the weight class up to 63 kg body weight (bw ). In this weight class they also denied all of their other competitions. During her studies she started for the wrestling club of Chūkyō - Women's University. Since 2007 she has been in the wrestling club of the security company Alsok Sogo Hosho Keibi ( Alsok综合 警备 保障). In the National Team of Women, to which it belongs since 2002, she is coached by Kazuhito Sakae.
In 2002, the international career of Kaori Icho began. It was used at the Asian Games in Busan. She arrived there in the finals against the Chinese Xu Haiyan, where she succumbed to this just after points, and took 2nd place. By the year 2009, this was the only defeat that Kaori Icho, suffered up to a peculiarity in the Asian Championships in 2007, on the wrestling mat.
In 2002 she was in Chalkida / Greece for the first time world champion. They defeated among others with Sara McMann from the United States, Lene Aanes from Norway and Sara Eriksson from Sweden three world-class athletes. In 2003, Kaori Icho defended her world title in New York City successfully. In the finals, they had to fight in this battle hard against Sara McMann, to come to a tight point victory (4:3 techn. Dots). First, however, she had handled a total of 25:0 technical points four opponents.
In the year of 2004, at the Olympic Games in Athens for the first time competitions for women in the program. In their native weight class Kaori Icho defeated there Golowchenko Ludmila from Ukraine, Alyona Kartaschowa from Russia, Lise Golliot - Legrand from France and Sara McMann, the victory over Sara McMann was very close again (3:2 technical points). She was awarded the honorary prize of the citizens of Hachinohe, the honorary prize of the citizens of Aomori Prefecture, the sports merit award of Aichi Prefecture and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, as well as the Order of Merit on the purple band.
On Sara McMann Kaori Icho met at the 2005 World Championships in Budapest in her first fight. She won it again just on points ( 5:3 technical points). Your other opponents, Helena Allandi from Sweden, Anna Polownewa from Russia and Jing Ruixue from China defeated superior on points. Overall, they scored it 16-0 technical points.
In 2006 she was given the opportunity to reciprocate in the Chinese Xu Haiyan for the defeat at the Asian Games in 2002 at the Asian Games in Doha. She succeeded impressively with a clear points victory. Also in the 2006 World Cup in Guangzhou, China succeeded in her fight for victory a points victory over Xu Haiyan (2-0 technical points). She has won so her fourth world title.
In 2007, it came at the Asian Championships in Bishkek to a little scandal for which the sisters Kaori Icho Chiharo and ensured. Chiharo Icho, after all, more time world champion in the weight class up to 48 kg, did not bring in this event, the weight limit and could thus no fighting contest and Kaori Icho stated immediately before the start of their first battle to have a leg injury that impossible for her fighting 'm doing. They thus left out of the tournament and landed on the 8th and last place. On the mat it has however still not lost a fight.
Already at the 2007 World Championships in Baku Kaori Icho won the world title again. On the way to this title she defeated Sara McMann ( 3-1 technical points), Yoselin Rojas Urbina, Venezuela, Xu Haiyan (3:1 technical points), Lise Golliot - Legrand ( 8:2 technical points) and Elena Schalygina, Kazakhstan (4-0 technical points) consistently world-class wrestlers.
At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing Kaori Icho repeated their success of Athens. She became Olympic champion again with four wins. When their toughest opponent this proved to be in the quarterfinals the Canadian Martine Dugrenier who managed to take off her round. Kaori Icho won the fight against Martine Dugrenier 2-1 rounds at 2:2 technical points. The final battle, she won sure about the Russian woman Aliona Kartaschowa.
Since only competitions took place at the Olympic Games in Beijing in the women in four weight classes, the International Wrestling Federation FILA held in October 2008 in Tokyo and World Championships for women. Kaori Icho renounced it, as it did for the Japanese Championships 2008, to a participation in favor of her compatriot million Nishimaki, the world champion was also.
After a year's break in international championships Kaori Icho continued her successful career in 2010 continued. It linked seamlessly to their previous successes and was again in 2010 in Moscow and 2011 in Istanbul World champion in the weight class up to 63 kg. In the decisive battles they defeated in each case Marianna Sastin and Elena Piroschkowa. At the World Championships in Istanbul, she had it even six fights deny that she won all without a counter- point. Overall, they scoring 31:0 points.
Kaori Icho won in 2012 at the Olympic Games in London their third gold medal. On the way to this success they defeated Martine Dugrenier, Canada, Henna Johansson, Sweden, Battsetseg Soronzonbold, Mongolia and Ruixue Jing, China.
In addition to their major international success Kaori Icho was also nine times in a row, Japanese champion in the years 2002 to 2011. Together with Saori Yoshida 2012 she was honored for her achievements as a wrestler with the Kikuchi Kan Prize.
After 2013 was of her to see anything until mid-September, no one really expected that she would continue her international career. But Somewhat surprisingly, she appeared at the World Championships this year in Budapest and was the already showed their first fights, in great shape. So it is not surprising that they won their eighth world title in their native weight class up to 63 kg with wins over Ekaterina Larionova, Kazakhstan, Xi Luozhuoma, China, Jackeline Renteria Castillo, Colombia and Battsetseg Soronzonbold. In December 2013 Kaori Icho launched in the Japanese Championship, surprisingly, in the weight class up to 59 kg and got there her 10th Japanese championship, where they defeated in the final battle Kazuki Sakagami.
International success
Japanese Championships
Notes
- All competitions in free style
- OS = The Olympic Games, WM = World Cup
Swell
- Database of the Institute for Applied Training Science at the University of Leipzig,
- Kaori Icho in Jijigaho ( English )
- Http://english.peopledaily.com.cn
- Http://jwf2007.kir.jp