Saori Yoshida
Saori Yoshida (Japanese吉田 沙 保 里, Saori Yoshida, born October 5, 1982 in Ichishi, Mie Prefecture (today: Tsu ) ) is a Japanese wrestler. Their biggest successes are their Olympic victories in 2004, 2008 and 2012 in free style in the weight class up to 55 kg (lightweight ).
Career
Saori Yoshida comes from a Ringer family. Her father was Eikatsu Yoshida 1973 Japanese wrestling champion in years. He was also her first coach, when she playfully began in 1986 as a four year old child with the rings. They performed well and was a member of the Sogo Keibi Hosoho Club (english high school wrestling club HISEI ). After her high school days she began studying at the Chukyo Women's University ( CWU ). As a coach, even Koji Tanaka and in the national Kazuhito Sakae were added. Since the end of her studies, she worked as a representative of a large industrial company.
Her first major sporting successes it achieved already in the junior age. 1998 in Manchester and 1999 in Lodz they were each junior world champion in the age group " Cadets " ( under 16 years ). In the years 2000 and 2001, she was then in Nantes or Martigny / Switzerland also Junior World Champion ( age group to age 20 ). It started in these years in the weight classes up to 52 kg, 56 kg and 58 kg body weight. For these Championships, she defeated with Iwona Matkowska, Poland, Ida -Theres Nerell (then Ida -Theres Karlsson ), Sweden, Marcie van Dusen, USA, Lyubov Mikhailovna Wolossowa, Russia and Emily Richardson, Canada, wrestlers, to which they later would meet again with the ladies.
Olympic champion
The greatest success of every athlete and every athlete is an Olympic victory. Saori Yoshida was able to enjoy this success three times. For the first time it was founded in 2004 in Athens Olympic champion in the weight class up to 55 kg body weight. On the way to this success they had to defeat four opponents. These were Sun Dongmei from China, Diletta Giampiccolo from Italy, Anna Gomis of France and Tonya Verbeek of Canada. While Saori Yoshida won each secure in two rounds against Sun, Giampiccolo and Verbeek, their opposed Anna Gomis greatest resistance. Eventually, Saori Yoshida won in this battle 2-0 rounds, this round gains had to fight hard with 2:1 and 7:6 points.
The second Olympic victory succeeded Saori Yoshida at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. They also won there in the weight class up to 55 kg body weight and opened the way to their second gold medal Ida -Theres Nerell, Natalia Golz from Russia, Tonya Verbeek and Xu Li from China each 2-0 rounds. The scoring ratio that they achieved in those four fights ( 28:2 ) is evidence of their superiority.
At the 2012 Olympic Games in London Saori Yoshida won for the third time gold. In their native weight class up to 55 kg defeated while Kelsey Campbell from the United States, Julia Ratkewitsch from Azerbaijan, Valeria Scholobowa, Russia and in the final over Tonya Verbeek of Canada (2-0 rounds, 5-0 points). With its four victorious battles they were doing no round and no technical point from ( 8-0 rounds, 13-0 points).
World Champion
Was in Seiko Yamamoto Japan already had a wrestler, in the years 1999, 2000 and 2001 world champion in the weight class up to 51 kg ( 1999) and 56 kg ( 2000 and 2001) become. In 2002 this was absent from the World Cup. In their place, Saori Yoshida was used at the World Championships in Chalkida / Greece in the newly created weight class up to 55 kg. You can not beat there and won with victories over superior Tetyana Lazareva, Ukraine, Minerva Perez Monteiro, Spain, Jennifer Ryz, Canada, Ida -Theres Karlsson and Tina George from the United States its first world title in the women. The point account of their victories was 45:5 it.
This track defended Saori Yoshida successfully at the World Championship 2003 in New York. Even there you could take off a round of any of its competitors. The wrestlers who defeated them there were Olga Serbina, Belarus, Kitti Godo, Hungary, Monika Ewa Michalik, Poland, Jennifer Ryz, Natalia Golz, Russia and Tina George. The point account of their victories was this year 35:4. End of 2003, Saori Yoshida explained then in the Japanese Championship, the ranking in Japan, for they defeated there in the final battle of the Japanese championship Seiko Yamamoto on shoulders and was from then on, the undisputed Japanese number 1 in the weight class up to 55 kg body weight.
Similarly, consider it was then also in 2005 in Budapest World Champion. Your opponents Rathi Neha, India, Ana Maria Pavał, Romania, Ludmila Cristea, Moldova, Tonya Verbeek and Su Lihui, China could you neither one round, one point decrease ( points ratio: 30:0 ).
In the same style we went on at the 2006 World Championships in Guangzhou and 2007 in Baku. In both years, she became world champion again. In Guanzhou they defeated here, for example Natalja Golz 2-0 rounds (2-0 and 8-0 points) and in the final battle Maria Ivanova of Belarus in 2.13 minutes with 13:0 points. In Baku they had to break a little tougher opposition. So you sat there, for example, surprisingly, the Colombian Jackeline Rentería the greatest resistance against and lost only 0-2 rounds (1:2 and 4:7 points). Also, Olga Smirnova from Kazakhstan took Saori Yoshida in a round three points from. In the final battle of this championship but had no chance Ida -Theres Nerell against Saori Yoshida.
2008 in Tokyo, 2009 in Herning / Denmark, 2010 in Moscow and 2011 in Istanbul Saori Yoshida won her world title No. 6 to 9 In all of these World Championships, she was unharmed. They did not lose a battle and was no round off. The wrestlers who were there defeated already mentioned in addition to, inter alia, Tetyana Lazareva of Ukraine, Sona Ahmadli from Azerbaijan, Maria Gurowa from Russia, Julia Ratkewitsch from Azerbaijan and Helen Maroulis of the United States. The best ratio of points they scoring 2010 in Moscow, namely 45:0! .
After her third Olympic title in London Saori Yoshida launched in late September 2012 at the Canadian Strathcona County also in the World Cup and they won there with wins over Aksija Dautbajewa, Kazakhstan, Geeta Geeta, India, Natalya Sinischin, Ukraine and Helen Maroulis, USA, its tenth world title.
Actually, probably all thought Ringer friends that Saori Yoshida would end their career Ringer after 2012. She was also on display until mid-2013 no international wrestling mat. Great was the surprise therefore that she stood on the mat on September 19, 2013 in the World Championships in Budapest. It soon became apparent that she had not lost any of their great knowledge, for it was there in their native weight class up to 55 kg with wins over Ana Maria Paval, Romania, Walerija Koblowa, Russia, Byambatseren Sundev, Mongolia, Irina Husjak, Ukraine and Sofia Mattsson for elftenmale world Champion.
In January 2014 Saori Yoshida was the World Team Cup in Tokyo in the Japanese team, the handling services for victory Russia 8-0. She defeated it in the weight class up to 53 kg Maria Gurowa superior with 12:1 points.
Asian Games, Asian Championships
Saori Yoshida won 2002 in Busan, 2006 Doha and 2010 in Guangzhou also at the Asian Games. In the final battle, she defeated while Lee Na - lae from South Korea, Olga Smirnova and Zhang Lan, China. In addition, it was founded in 2004 in Tokyo, 2005 in Wuhan, 2007 in Bishkek and 2008 in Jeju-si/Südkorea from Asian champion.
Japanese Championships
In the years 2002-2011 Saori Yoshida was ten times in a row, Japanese champion in the weight class up to 55 kg body weight. The most prominent opponents, they were there defeated Hitomi Sakamoto, Chikako Matsukawa and Seiko Yamamoto. In December 2013, she won her 11th Japanese championship. In the final, she defeated while Chiho Hamada.
Loss
After 196 victorious battles Saori Yoshida designed international lost on January 10, 2008 during the United Nations World Cup in Taiyuan / China in the match against the United States against the US-American Marcie Van Dusen. In the first round Marcie van Dusen countered equating an attack by Saori Yoshida and put this short time, even in the bridge. For this action, she got a three-way classification. Saori Yoshida could not make up for this gap and lost the first round with 1:4 points. In the second round Saori Yoshida went 1-0 lead, but then gave a two rating. You could then indeed enforce even the same points of 2:2, but lost this round due to the higher rating by Marcie van Dusen.
On May 25, 2012 Saori Yoshida lost in Tokyo as part of the final battle of the World Team Cup between Japan and Russia ( 5:2 for Japan) in the weight class up to 55 kg against Valeria Scholobowa on points (1:2 rounds, 2: 1, 0:2, 0:3 points).
Perspectives
Saori Yoshida wins London 2012 their third Olympic Gold. At the ceremony of a high honor award by the National Olympic Committee of Japan in 2010 they responded to their goals addressed, " winning the third gold medal in London" and which was of course to be understood as fun, "profit of a friend ". Your first statement she realized about her second " we know nothing ". Together with Kaori Icho she is being honored for the third gold medal at the Olympic Games and for her achievements as wrestler 2012 with the Kikuchi Kan Prize.
International success
Japanese Championships
- All competitions in free style
- OS = The Olympic Games, WM = World Cup