Ayumi Uekusa
 Uekusa at the 2018 Asian Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | July 25, 1992[1] Yachimata, Chiba Prefecture | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Sports medicine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Teikyo University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Gōjū-ryū Karate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Kumite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ayumi Uekusa (植草 歩, Uekusa Ayumi, born July 25, 1992) is a Japanese karateka. Competing in the +68 kg kumite division she won gold medals at the World Karate Federation's 2016 World Championships, 2017 and 2022 Asian Championships, and at the 2018 Asian Games. She has also won several bronze and silver medals at the World Championships, Asian Championships, and Asian Games.[1]
She won a gold medal at the 2023 Karate 1-Premier League Cairo in January, and after taking gold in the 2023 Karate 1-Premier League Dublin that September, she was awarded the title of "Grand Winner" in her weight division for the year — her fourth such award after 2017, 2018, and 2020.[2] [3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Ayumi Uekusa. asiangames2018.id
- ^ "SET-ONLINE WKF". www.sportdata.org. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
- ^ "Celebrating the Grand Winners of the 2023 Karate 1-Premier League - Karate News". September 11, 2023. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
External links
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- Ayumi Uekusa at Olympics.com
- Ayumi Uekusa at Olympedia (archive)
- Ayumi Uekusa at the World Games
- Ayumi Uekusa at the Jakarta-Palembang 2018 Asian Games (archived)
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- People from Yachimata
- Japanese female karateka
- Gōjū-ryū practitioners
- Teikyo University alumni
- Martial artists from Chiba Prefecture
- Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Asian Games medalists in karate
- Karateka at the 2014 Asian Games
- Karateka at the 2018 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic karateka for Japan
- 21st-century Japanese sportswomen
- World Games medalists in karate
- World Games gold medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2013 World Games
- Medalists at the 2017 World Games
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