Sakura Motoki

Personal information
Native name	元木咲良
Born	(2002-02-20) 20 February 2002 (age 22) Saitama, Japan
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb; 9.8 st)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Women's freestyle wrestling
Event	62 kg
Medal record Women's freestyle wrestling Representing  Japan World Championships 2023 Belgrade 62 kg 2022 Belgrade 59 kg Grand Prix 2023 Zagreb 62 kg World Juniors Championships 2022 Sofia 59 kg World Cadets Championships 2018 Zagreb 46 kg

Sakura Motoki (元木 咲良, Motoki Sakura, born 20 February 2002) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler competing in the 62 kg division.^[1]

Career

Sakura Motoki reached the semi-finals in the women's freestyle 59 kg category at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, by defeating Turkish Ebru Dağbaşı in the first round with a 5–0 lead and Alyona Kolesnik, competing for Azerbaijan, in the quarter-finals with a 6–0 lead. She lost to Anastasia Nichita from Moldova 7–5 in the semi-final. In the bronze medal match, she won the bronze medal by beating China's Zhang Qi with a pin while leading 7–0.^[2]

In 2023, she competed in the women's 62 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia and won the silver medal.^[3]

Achievements