Moe Kiyooka

Moe Kiyooka
清岡もえ
Personal information
Born (2003-10-09) 9 October 2003
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb; 8.7 st)
Sport
Country Japan
SportWrestling
Weight class
55 kg
Event
Freestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 Tirana55 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 Bishkek55 kg
Silver medal – second place2025 Amman53 kg
Bronze medal – third place2026 Bishkek53 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2023 Zagreb55 kg
Gold medal – first place2025 Tirana53 kg
World U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Pontevedra55 kg
World U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Sofia55 kg
Bronze medal – third place2023 Amman55 kg
World Cadets Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Sofia49 kg

Moe Kiyooka (born 9 October 2003) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal at the 2024 World Wrestling Championships.[1][2] Her older brother, Kotaro, is an Olympic champion at 65 kilograms.

Wrestling career

She reached the final of the 2024 World Wrestling Championships held in Tirana, Albania, in the women's freestyle 55 kilograms by defeating Macedonian Veronika Ryabovolova 7-0 in the second round, Hungarian Ramóna Galambos 11-0 with technical superiority in the quarter-finals, and Belarusian Iryna Kurachkina, who participated as an Individual Independent, 4-0 in the semifinal. In the final match, she defeated Chinese Zhang Jin with 11-0 technical superiority and won the gold medal.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Moe Kiyooka profile page". uww.org.
  2. ↑ "Moe Kiyooka". db.japan-wrestling.jp.
  3. ↑ "Women – Seniors – 55 kg – Results". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "2024 Wrestling World Championships: All final results and medals – Full list". olympics.com. Retrieved 30 October 2024.