Hitomi Obara

Hitomi Obara née Sakamoto (小原 日登美, Obara Hitomi, born January 4, 1981) is a female wrestler from Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan. She is Captain in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. On 8 August 2012, Obara won the women's 48kg freestyle wrestling gold in her first Olympic Games at London's Excel Arena.[1]

Hitomi Obara

Obara at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 48 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2000 Sofia51 kg
Gold medal – first place2001 Sofia51 kg
Gold medal – first place2005 Budapest51 kg
Gold medal – first place2006 Guangzhou51 kg
Gold medal – first place2007 Baku51 kg
Gold medal – first place2008 Tokyo51 kg
Gold medal – first place2010 Moscow48 kg
Gold medal – first place2011 Istanbul48 kg
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place2010 Guangzhou48 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2000 Seoul51 kg
Gold medal – first place2005 Wuhan51 kg

Awards

References
  1. "Olympics: Obara out of retirement to win wrestling gold". The Times Of India. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  2. "東京スポーツ プロレス大賞：選考経過（2000～2009）". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-12-16.
  3. "東京スポーツ プロレス大賞（2010～）". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-12-16.
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