Kiyou Shimizu (清水希容, ''Shimizu Kiyō'', born 7 December 1993) is a Japanese

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ka competing in the women's kata event. She won the silver medal in the women's kata event at the

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in Tokyo, Japan. She is also a two-time gold medalist at the

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and a two-time gold medalist at the

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Career

In 2014, she represented Japan at the

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

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held in Bremen, Germany. In 2015, she won the gold medal in this event at the

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held in Yokohama, Japan. At the 2016 World Karate Championships in Linz, Austria, she repeated her 2014 success by winning the gold medal in the women's kata event for the second time. In 2017, she won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the

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held in Wrocław, Poland. In the final, she defeated

Sandra Sánchez Sandra Sánchez Jaime (born 16 September 1981) is a retired Spanish karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's individual kata event at ...

of Spain. In 2018, she 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. She also won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the

held in Jakarta, Indonesia. Her success continued at the

held in Madrid, Spain where she won the silver medal in the women's individual kata event. In the final, she lost against Sandra Sánchez of Spain. At the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event. She represented Japan at the

in karate. She reached the final in the women's kata event, but lost the gold medal bout to Spain's Sandra Sánchez Jamie.

Personal life

She studied at Kansai University.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shimizu, Kiyou 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Osaka Japanese female karateka Kansai University alumni Karateka at the 2014 Asian Games Karateka at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in karate Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Competitors at the 2017 World Games World Games medalists in karate World Games gold medalists Olympic karateka of Japan Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in karate Olympic silver medalists for Japan 21st-century Japanese women