![]() Dosho in October 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | October 17, 1994 Matsusaka, Mie, Japan | (age 29)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 159 cm (5 ft 3 in) (2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) (2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sara Dosho (土性 沙羅, Doshō Sara, born October 17, 1994) is a wrestler from Japan. She won the gold medal in the women's 69 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1] She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France.
Career
She competes in the 67kg division and won the gold medal at the 2013 Summer Universiade in the same division[2] defeating Ochirbatyn Nasanburmaa of Mongolia in the final. She also won the bronze medal the 2013 World Wrestling Championships.[3] She won the gold medal in women's freestyle (69kg) at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.[4]
In 2021, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's 68 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[5][6]
Championships and accomplishments
- Tokyo Sports
- Wrestling Special Award (2016, 2017)[7]
References
- ^ "Sara Dosho". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ^ 土性さん“学生五輪”で金. Loco Net (in Japanese). 日本地域紙協議会. Archived from the original on 20 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ "Yun wins 1st Greco title for DPR Korea at World Championships". Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées. Archived from the original on 23 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Japan's Sara Dosho wins -69kg freestyle wrestling gold". BBC Sport. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ Palmer, Dan (3 August 2021). "Trio of world champions add Olympic gold on second night of wrestling finals at Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "東京スポーツ プロレス大賞(2010~)". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 December 2017.
External links
- Sara Dosho at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- Sara Dosho at United World Wrestling
- Sara Dosho at Olympics.com
- Sara Dosho at Olympic.org (archived)
- Sara Dosho at Olympedia