Saori Yoshida, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Saori Yoshida

Japanese sport wrestler

Date of Birth: 05-Oct-1982

Place of Birth: Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan

Profession: amateur wrestler

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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About Saori Yoshida

  • Saori Yoshida (?? ???, Yoshida Saori, born 5 October 1982) is a former Japanese freestyle wrestler.
  • Starting in 1998 she won almost every major competition, including three Olympic Games, four Asian Games, and 13 world championships, and became the most decorated athlete in freestyle wrestling history.
  • As of 2016, Yoshida had only three senior career losses in international competitions, to Marcie Van Dusen (0–2) on 20 January 2008 at the Team World Cup series, Valeria Zholobova (1–2) on 27 May 2012 at the World Cup, and to Helen Maroulis (1–4) on 18 August 2016 at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Yoshida was the flagbearer for Japan at the 2006 Asian Games and at the 2012 Olympics.
  • In 2007, she became the first female wrestler to be named Japanese Athlete of the Year, and in 2012 she received the People's Honour Award.

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