Tsugumi Sakurai

Tsugumi Sakurai (born 3 September 2001) is a retired Japanese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 57kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. She is a three-time gold medalist at the World Wrestling Championships (2021, 2022, and 2023). Sakurai also won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Career

Sakurai won the gold medal in the women's 55kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Sakurai won the gold medal in the women's 57kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. A year later, she also won the gold medal in the women's 57kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. As a result, she earned a quota place for Japan for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. In October 2023, Sakurai won the gold medal in the women's 57kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China. She defeated Jong In-sun of North Korea in her gold medal match. She defeated Anastasia Nichita of Moldova in the final.

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