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.
She is the first female in any sport to win individual-event gold at four consecutive Olympics. 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.
Championships and accomplishments
- Tokyo Sports
- Wrestling Special Award (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
See also
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event
- List of multiple Olympic medalists in one event
References
External links
- Kaori Icho at the International Wrestling Database
- Kaori Icho at United World Wrestling
- Kaori Icho at Olympics.com
- Kaori Icho at Olympic.org (archived)
- Kaori Icho at Olympedia
- Kaori Icho at Rio2016.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 August 2016)
