Kyoko Hamaguchi
Kyoko Hamaguchi (Japanese浜 口 京 子, Kyoko Hamaguchi, born January 11, 1978 at the Tokyo District Taitō, Tokyo Prefecture) is a Japanese wrestler. It was five times world champion and won bronze medals at two Olympic Games.
Career
Kyoko Hamaguchi is the daughter of professional wrestler Heigo " Animal" Hamaguchi. She grew up in Tokyo and operation as a child swimming as a competitive sport. At 14, she then moved to the rings. My first coach was her father, with whom she trained in the " Hamaguchi Training Gym" in Tokyo. Later came more Ryo Kanehama and in the national Kazuhito Sakae as coach added. As adults battling it out in the heaviest the women's wrestling weight class, the body weight went up to 2001 up to 75 kg and since 2002-72 kg or goes. With 1.80 meters, it is one of the largest in the world-class wrestlers. It is practically Berufsringerin and is sponsored by the Japan Beverage, a beverage company.
By participating in the 1995 World Championships in Moscow in the weight class up to 70 kg age of seventeen began the international career of Kyoko Hamaguchi. With this launch, they had of course still pay dues and ended up in 13th place. Just one year later it was the first time Japanese champion and a little later in Xianshoh / China and Asian champion in the weight class up to 70 kg. At the World Championships in 1996 in Sofia, it improved on the 7th Place.
1997 she succeeded then the first great success at an international championship. In Clermont- Ferrand she became world champion in the weight class up to 75 kg body weight. In the final, she defeated while Kristie Marano ( Davis) from the United States. She repeated this success in 1997 and 1998. At the World Championships in Poznan and in soil / Sweden In the final battle, they defeated it in both championships again Kristie Marano.
In the years 2000 and 2001 Kyoko Hamaguchi was no longer so successful. She came at the World Championships 2000 in Sofia behind Christine Nordhagen from Canada and Edyta Witkowska from Poland to 3rd place and missed the World Cup 2001 in Sofia with a 4th place even a medal. They lost among others against Nina Englich from Germany.
In 2002, she then went back on the winning track. She was first in Busan champion at the Asian Games before Kang Min - Jeong of South Korea and Jana Panowa from Kyrgyzstan. After that, she was in Chalkida / Greece for the fourth time world champion. She defeated it with Svetlana Martinenko from Russia, Maider Unda Gonzales de Audicana from Spain, Galina Ivanova from Bulgaria, Edyta Witkowska and Wang Xu from China five heavy opponents. At the World Championship 2003 in New York, she won her fifth world title. She defeated Svetlana Sajenko here from Ukraine, Kaliraman Sonika from India, Edyta Witkowska, Stanka Slatewa from Bulgaria and Toccara Montgomery of the United States.
Kyoko Hamaguchi was 2004 before burmaa Ochirbat from Mongolia Asia champion in Tokyo. At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, she won in the weight category up to 72 kg initially Toccara Montgomery and Stanka Slatewa, but the Chinese Wang Xu was beaten in their third fight. But with victory over Svetlana Sajenko saved them still a bronze medal.
At the 2005 World Championships in Budapest and 2006 in Guangzhou / China, she was then each Vice World Champion. In Budapest they defeated inter alia, the Chinese Wang Jiao, which is still playing a role in their future career and lost in the final battle against Iris Smith of the United States. In 2006, she defeated in Guangzhou with burmaa Ochirbat, Kristie Marano, Svetlana Sajenko and Ohenewa Akuffo of Canada again four world-class wrestlers, had to be in the finals but the first time the Bulgarian Stanka Slatewa beaten, virtually her successor was in the next few years on the world champions throne.
In the years 2006, 2007 and 2008 Kyoko Hamaguchi won again at the Asian Cup, while in Doha behind Wang Xu came at the Asian Games in 2006 to 2nd place and at the 2007 World Championships in Baku after defeats against Stanka Slatewa and Olga Schanibekowa from Kazakhstan landed even on the 9th Place. At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 she came to victories over Jelena Perepelkina from Russia and Rosangela Conceicao of Brazil, then she lost to Wang Jiao, making her dream had burst again from the Olympic gold medal. She succeeded but winning an Olympic bronze medal with a victory over Ali Sue Bernard from the United States again.
After a year's break Kyoko Hamaguchi launched in 2010 then again at the World Championships in Moscow. She first achieved two notable victories over Kateryna Burmistrowa from Ukraine and burmaa Ochirbat before they succumbed against Ohenewa Akuffo. But with a win over Maider Unda Gonzales de Audicana she won a bronze medal yet. At the World Championships 2011 in Istanbul, she then lost in their second fight again against Ohenewa Akuffo. Since these did not reach the final, she left and came only on the 11th Place.
Kyoko Hamaguchi won in 2011 with a victory in the final battle about Mami Shinkai her 16th Japanese championship. With five world titles, four other medals at World Championships, two Olympic bronze medals, a win at Asian Games and four Asian championship titles it is without doubt one of the world's most successful wrestlers since the introduction of the women's struggle in the late 1980s.
For participating in her third Olympic Games 2012 in London, she has qualified in March 2012 in Astana. There they took 2nd place behind Wang Jiao. But in London she lost like their first fight against Gouzel Manjurowa from Kazakhstan on points (1:2 rounds, 2:10 points). Since these did not reach the final battle was eliminated and she was only on the 11th Place.
Kyoko Hamaguchi in 2013 took part in no internationaolen competitions. But in December 2013, it celebrated in the Japanese championship after a long break, a successful comeback. She won her 16th Japanese championship there, being the Asian champion Hiroe Suzuki and in the final Mami Shinkai defeated in the semifinals. In March 2014, it represented together with Mami Shinkai Japanese colors at the World Team Cup in Tokyo in the weight class up to 75 kg. When grandiose 8-0 victory over Russia in the final battle of Japan defeated while Ekaterina Bukina on points.
International success
Japanese Championships
Kyoko Hamaguchi won 1996-2013 sixteen times the Japanese Championship in the weight category up to 70 kg, 75 kg and 72 kg body weight.
- All competitions in free style
- OS = The Olympic Games, WM = World Cup