Miwa Morikawa

Miwa Morikawa is a Japanese freestyle wrestler.[1] She won the gold medal in the 65 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[2][3] She won the silver medal in the women's 65 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[4][5]

Miwa Morikawa
Miwa Morikawa at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway
Sport
CountryJapan
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class65 kg
Event(s)Freestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Belgrade 65 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Oslo 65 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Belgrade 72 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Ulaanbaatar65 kg
World U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Pontevedra 65 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Bucharest 68 kg

In 2018, she won the silver medal in the women's 65 kg event at the Klippan Lady Open in Klippan, Sweden.[6]

She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[7] She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Pontevedra, Spain.[8]

In 2023, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 72 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She defeated Kendra Dacher of France in her bronze medal match.

Achievements
Year Tournament Location Result Event
2021 World Championships Oslo, Norway 2nd Freestyle 65 kg
2022 Asian Championships Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 1st Freestyle 65 kg
World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 1st Freestyle 65 kg
2023 World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd Freestyle 72 kg

References
  1. "United World Wrestling profile".
  2. Burke, Patrick (14 September 2022). "Susaki and Morikawa earn Japanese double at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  3. "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  4. Burke, Patrick (6 October 2021). "Adelaine Maria Gray wins sixth title at Wrestling World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  5. "2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  6. "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Klippan Lady Open. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  7. "2022 Asian Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  8. "2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
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