Moe Kiyooka

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Moe Kiyooka
清岡もえ
Personal information
Born (2003-10-09) 9 October 2003 (age 21)
Kōchi Prefecture, Japan
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb; 8.7 st)
Sport
CountryFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Sport Wrestling
Weight class55 kg
Event Freestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Tirana 55 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Bishkek 55 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Amman 53 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Zagreb 55 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Tirana 53 kg
World U23 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Pontevedra 55 kg
World U20 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Sofia 55 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Amman 55 kg
World Cadets Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Sofia49 kg

Moe Kiyooka (born 9 October 2003) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal at the 2024 World Wrestling Championships. [1] [2] Her older brother, Kotaro, is an Olympic champion at 65 kilograms.

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Wrestling career

She reached the final of the 2024 World Wrestling Championships held in Tirana, Albania, in the women's freestyle 55 kilograms by defeating Macedonian Veronika Ryabovolova 7-0 in the second round, Hungarian Ramóna Galambos 11-0 with technical superiority in the quarter-finals, and Belarusian Iryna Kurachkina, who participated as an Individual Independent, 4-0 in the semifinal. In the final match, she defeated Chinese Zhang Jin with 11-0 technical superiority and won the gold medal. [3] [4]

References

  1. "Moe Kiyooka profile page". uww.org.
  2. "Moe Kiyooka". db.japan-wrestling.jp.
  3. "Women – Seniors – 55 kg – Results". United World Wrestling . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  4. "2024 Wrestling World Championships: All final results and medals – Full list". olympics.com. Retrieved 30 October 2024.