Yuka Kagami

is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 76kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. In 2023, she won the gold medal in her event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She is a two-time medalist, including gold, at the Asian Wrestling Championships.

Career

Kagami won the bronze medal in the girls' freestyle 73kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In 2019, at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, she won the silver medal in the women's 72kg event. In that same year, she also won the gold medal in the women's 72kg event at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China. At the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Budapest, Hungary she won the silver medal in the 76kg event.

Kagami won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.

In 2023, Kagami won the gold medal in the women's 76kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She defeated Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan in her gold medal match. Kagami won the gold medal in the women's 76kg event at the Olympics. She defeated Kennedy Blades of the United States in her gold medal match.

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