13 June 1984 (1984-06-13) (age 40) Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan
Height
166 cm (5 ft 5 in) (2016)
Weight
61 kg (134 lb) (2016)
Sport
Country
Japan
Sport
Wrestling
Event
Freestyle
Club
Sogho Security Services
Coached by
Kazuhito Sakae
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing Japan
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Olympic Games
4
–
–
World Championships
10
–
–
Asian Games
1
1
–
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
–
1
–
Total
15
2
0
Olympic Games
2004 Athens
63 kg
2008 Beijing
63 kg
2012 London
63 kg
2016 Rio de Janeiro
58 kg
World Championships
2002 Chalkida
63 kg
2003 New York
63 kg
2005 Budapest
63 kg
2006 Guangzhou
63 kg
2007 Baku
63 kg
2010 Moscow
63 kg
2011 Istanbul
63 kg
2013 Budapest
63 kg
2014 Tashkent
58 kg
2015 Las Vegas
58 kg
Asian Games
2002 Busan
63 kg
2006 Doha
63 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
2016 Krasnoyarsk
58 kg
Asian Wrestling Championships
2004 Tokyo
63 kg
2005 Wuhan
63 kg
2007 Bishkek
63 kg
2008 Jeju
63 kg
2011 Tashkent
63 kg
2019 Xi'an
57 kg
Kaori Icho (Japanese: 伊調 馨, Hepburn: Ichō Kaori, born 13 June 1984) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She is a ten-time World Champion and four-time Olympic Champion, winning gold in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Icho was undefeated between 2003 and 2016. On 29 January 2016 at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016 Icho lost to Pürevdorjiin Orkhon of Mongolia. This was her first loss after a long domination.[1]
She is the first female in any sport to win individual-event gold at four consecutive Olympics.[2]
On October 20, 2016, she was awarded the People's Honour Award by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for her achievements, the second wrestler to receive the highest award, after Saori Yoshida in 2012. She is the younger sister of Chiharu Icho.
^"Icho, Hamada Roll While Tsargush, 'Gazi' Rocked at Yarygin Grand Prix". wrestrus.ru. Archived from the original on 24 February 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
^"Wrestler Kaori Icho makes history with fourth straight gold". BBC Sport. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
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