Kiyou Shimizu

Kiyou Shimizu (清水希容, Shimizu Kiyō, born 7 December 1993) is a Japanese karateka competing in the women's kata event. She won the silver medal in the women's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Shimizu is also a two-time gold medalist at the World Karate Championships and a three-time gold medalist at the Asian Games.

Career

In 2014, Shimizu represented Japan at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, and she won the gold medal in the women's kata event. A month later, she became world champion in this event at the 2014 World Karate Championships held in Bremen, Germany. In 2015, she won the gold medal in this event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Yokohama, Japan.

At the 2016 World Karate Championships in Linz, Austria, Shimizu repeated her 2014 success by winning the gold medal in the women's kata event for the second time. In 2017, she won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the World Games held in Wrocław, Poland. In the final, she defeated Sandra Sánchez of Spain. She also won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia. Her success continued at the World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain where she won the silver medal in the women's individual kata event. In the final, she lost against Sandra Sánchez of Spain.

At the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Shimizu won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event.

Shimizu represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in karate. She reached the final in the women's kata event, but lost the gold medal bout to Spain's Sandra Sánchez Jamie.

In 2023, Shimizu won the silver medal in her event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Malacca, Malaysia. She won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.

Personal life

She studied at Kansai University.

Achievements