Rei Higuchi
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| Nationality |  Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 樋口黎 January 28, 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 61 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nippon Sport Science University;Tokyo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Kenichi Yumoto Takahiro Wada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals |  (2016)
 (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World finals |  (2022)
 (2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regional finals |  (2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rei Higuchi (Japanese: 樋口黎; born 28 January 1996) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. He won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 57 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[1] He won a silver medal in the 57 kg division at the 2016 Olympics.[2][3] He won the gold medal in the 61 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[4]
Career
[edit]Higuchi studies at the Nippon Sport Science University. He fractured his right hand in October 2015, but won the All Japan Tournament in December that year.[5]
On 28 January 2017, Higuchi competed at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017. In qualification, he was eliminated by Gadzhimurad Rashidov of Russia, but wrestled back to win a bronze medal against Bulat Batoev of Russia.[6] On September 18, 2023, he won a silver medal in the 57-kilogram weight class at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade. In the final, he lost to Serbian wrestler Stevan Mićić.[7] In Paris 2024, he won the gold medal against Spencer Lee of the United States.
References
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- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "Rei Higuchi". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ Higuchi, Rei (JPN) Archived 2016-08-20 at the Wayback Machine. iat.uni-leipzig.de
- ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ Rei Higuchi Archived 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
- ^ "Ахмед Чакаев, Даурен Куруглиев и Алан Хугаев - победители гран-при "Иван Ярыгин"-2017 - Федерация спортивной борьбы России". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 RESULTS".
External links
[edit]- Rei Higuchi at United World Wrestling
- Rei Higuchi at the International Wrestling Database
- Rei Higuchi at Olympics.com
- Rei Higuchi at Olympedia
- Rei Higuchi at InterSportStats
- Rei Higuchi – Paris 2024 at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)
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