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Born | 14 September 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 76 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yuka Kagami (born 14 September 2001) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She is a two-time medalist, including gold, at the Asian Wrestling Championships.
Kagami won the bronze medal in the girls' freestyle 73 kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
In 2019, at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, she won the silver medal in the women's 72 kg event.[1] In that same year, she also won the gold medal in the women's 72 kg event at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China.[2][3] At the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Budapest, Hungary she won the silver medal in the 76 kg event.[4][5]
Kagami won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[6][7] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[8][9]
In 2023, she won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[10][11] She defeated Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan in her gold medal match.[10][11]
Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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2019 | Asian Championships | Xi'an, China | 1st | Freestyle 72 kg |
2022 | Asian Championships | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 2nd | Freestyle 76 kg |
World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 3rd | Freestyle 76 kg | |
2023 | World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 1st | Freestyle 76 kg |