Moe Kiyooka

Moe Kiyooka
清岡もえ
Personal information
Born (2003-10-09) 9 October 2003 (age 21)
Kōchi Prefecture, Japan
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb; 8.7 st)
Sport
Country Japan
SportWrestling
Weight class55 kg
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Tirana 55 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Bishkek 55 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2023 Zagreb 55 kg
World U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Pontevedra 55 kg
World U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Sofia 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Amman 55 kg
World Cadets Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Sofia 49 kg

Moe Kiyooka (born 9 October 2003) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal at the 2024 World Wrestling Championships.[1][2]

Wrestling career

She reached the final of the 2024 World Wrestling Championships held in Tirana, Albania, in the women's freestyle 55 kilograms by defeating Macedonian Veronika Ryabovolova 7-0 in the second round, Hungarian Ramóna Galambos 11-0 with technical superiority in the quarter-finals, and Belarusian Iryna Kurachkina, who participated as an Individual Independent, 4-0 in the semifinal. In the final match, she defeated Chinese Zhang Jin with 11-0 technical superiority and won the gold medal.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Moe Kiyooka profile page". uww.org.
  2. ^ "Moe Kiyooka". db.japan-wrestling.jp.
  3. ^ "Women – Seniors – 55 kg – Results". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  4. ^ "2024 Wrestling World Championships: All final results and medals – Full list". olympics.com. Retrieved 30 October 2024.