Hikaru Ono

Hikaru Ono
Personal information
Born (1992-08-30) 30 August 1992 (age 32)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportKarate
Weight class50 kg
Rank1st[1]
Events
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Linz Team kata
Gold medal – first place 2023 Budapest Individual kata
Silver medal – second place 2021 Dubai Individual kata
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Almaty Individual kata
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tashkent Individual kata
Silver medal – second place 2011 Quanzhou Kumite 50 kg
Silver medal – second place 2011 Quanzhou Team kumite
Silver medal – second place 2012 Tashkent Kumite 50 kg
World Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Individual kata

Hikaru Ono (大野 ひかる, Ōno Hikaru) (born 30 August 1992)[2] is a Japanese karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She is also a two-time gold medalist in this event at the Asian Karate Championships.

Career

She won the silver medal in the women's individual kata event at the World Karate Federation's 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[3][4] A month later, she won the gold medal in this event at the 2021 Asian Karate Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[5][6]

She won the silver medal in the women's kata event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States, losing out to Sandra Sánchez.[7][8]

After winning gold in the 2023 Karate 1-Premier League Dublin, she was awarded the league's title of "Grand Winner" in women's kata for 2023.[9] In October 2023, she won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[10]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Rank Event
2011 Asian Championships Quanzhou, China 2nd Kumite 50 kg
2nd Team kumite
2012 Asian Championships Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2nd Kumite 50 kg
2016 World Championships Linz, Austria 1st Team kata
2021 World Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2nd Individual kata
Asian Championships Almaty, Kazakhstan 1st Individual kata
2022 World Games Birmingham, United States 2nd Individual kata
Asian Championships Tashkent, Uzbekistan 1st Individual kata
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st Individual kata

References

  1. ^ "World Karate Federation Official Ranking | WKF". www.wkf.net. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
  2. ^ "Entry List by Country" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. ^ Morgan, Liam (20 November 2021). "Kiyuna makes history as Olympic gold medallists retain titles at Karate World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Babacar Seck se queda a las puertas del bronce y Roy busca este domingo el oro en el Mundial de kárate". El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  5. ^ Burke, Patrick (22 December 2021). "Japan top medal table at Asian Karate Championships in Almaty". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  6. ^ "2021 Asian Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). Sportdata.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Sandra Sanchez and Anzhelika Terliuga lead way to medals on Day 1 of Karate at The World Games". World Karate Federation. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Celebrating the Grand Winners of the 2023 Karate 1-Premier League - Karate News". 2023-09-11. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  10. ^ "2023 World Karate Championships Results Book". Sportdata.org. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.