Kiyou Shimizu

Kiyou Shimizu
Kiyou Shimizu in 2018
Personal information
Native name清水希容
Born (1993-12-07) 7 December 1993 (age 31)
Osaka, Japan
Sport
CountryJapan
SportKarate
Rank3rd[1]
EventIndividual kata
University teamKansai University
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Individual kata
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Bremen Individual kata
Gold medal – first place 2016 Linz Individual kata
Silver medal – second place 2018 Madrid Individual kata
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Individual kata
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Individual kata
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Individual kata
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Yokohama Individual kata
Gold medal – first place 2018 Amman Individual kata
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tashkent Individual kata
Silver medal – second place 2023 Malacca Individual kata
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Wrocław Individual kata

Kiyou Shimizu (清水希容, Shimizu Kiyō, born 7 December 1993)[2][3] 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.[4] 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.[5][6] In 2015, she won the gold medal in this event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Yokohama, Japan.[7]

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.[5][8] In 2017, she won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the World Games held in Wrocław, Poland.[9][10][11] In the final, she defeated Sandra Sánchez of Spain.[10]

In 2018, Shimizu won a medal in three major tournaments. At the 2018 Asian Karate Championships held in Amman, Jordan, she won the gold medal in the women's kata event.[12] She also won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[3][13][14] 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.[11][15] In the final, she lost against Sandra Sánchez of Spain.[11][15][16]

At the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Shimizu won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event.[17][18]

Shimizu represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in karate.[19][20] She reached the final in the women's kata event, but lost the gold medal bout to Spain's Sandra Sánchez Jamie.[21]

In 2023, Shimizu won the silver medal in her event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Malacca, Malaysia.[22][23] 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.[24]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Rank Event
2014 Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 1st Individual kata
World Championships Bremen, Germany 1st Individual kata
2015 Asian Championships Yokohama, Japan 1st Individual kata
2016 World Championships Linz, Austria 1st Individual kata
2017 World Games Wrocław, Poland 1st Individual kata
2018 Asian Championships Amman, Jordan 1st Individual kata
Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia 1st Individual kata
World Championships Madrid, Spain 2nd Individual kata
2019 Asian Championships Tashkent, Uzbekistan 1st Individual kata
2021 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan 2nd Individual kata
2023 Asian Championships Malacca, Malaysia 2nd Individual kata
Asian Games Hangzhou, China 1st Individual kata

References

  1. ^ "World Karate Federation Official Ranking | WKF". www.wkf.net. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
  2. ^ "Shimizu's Instagram Page".
  3. ^ a b "Karate Results" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  4. ^ Palmer, Dan (5 August 2021). "Sanchez the history-maker as karate makes highly-anticipated Olympic debut". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b Etchells, Daniel (29 October 2016). "Four gold medals for Japan on opening day of finals at 2016 Karate World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  6. ^ "2014 World Karate Championships Results" (PDF). sportdata.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Medalists" (PDF). 2015 Asian Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  8. ^ "2016 World Karate Championships Medalists" (PDF). Sportdata. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Kiyuna, Shimizu win gold in karate kata at World Games". The Japan Times. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Karate Results" (PDF). 2017 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  11. ^ a b c Hernon, Matthew (16 August 2019). "Meet the Tokyo 2020 Athletes: Karate Sensation Ryo Kiyuna". Tokyo Weekender. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  12. ^ Etchells, Daniel (14 July 2018). "Japan claim seven gold medals at Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Ryo Kiyuna, Kiyou Shimizu continue to help raise karate's profile". The Japan Times. 26 August 2018. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  14. ^ Etchells, Daniel (25 August 2018). "Unified Korean team win dragon boat bronze medal on historic day at 2018 Asian Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  15. ^ a b "2018 World Karate Championships". SportData. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  16. ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 World Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  17. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (20 July 2019). "Japan earn six titles but Uzbek hosts also golden at Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  18. ^ "2019 Asian Karate Championships Results" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  19. ^ "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". WKF.net. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  20. ^ Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  21. ^ "Spain's Sandra Sanchez Jamie tops Japan's Kiyou Shimizu to win first karate Olympic gold". The Japan Times. 2021-08-05. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  22. ^ Burke, Patrick (21 July 2023). "Lau wins battle of Olympic medallists on first day of AKF Senior Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  23. ^ "2023 Asian Karate Championships Results Book". Sportdata.org. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  24. ^ "Kiyou Shimizu won the title for FISU 8th World University Karate Championships". Kansai University. 20 July 2012. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
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