is a Japanese

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...

. She competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, and 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's 59 kg, winning a bronze medal.

Career

She has competed at six world championships Most recently, she competed at the

2018 World Weightlifting Championships The 2018 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from 1 to 10 November 2018. The logo of IWF World Championships 2018 has consisted of abstract illustration of weightlifting athlete designed by Ashgabat based design fi ...

, winning a bronze medal in the Clean and Jerk portion of the competition. She competed in the 58 kg category until 2018 and 59 kg starting in 2018 after the

International Weightlifting Federation The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), headquartered in Lausanne, is the international governing body for the sport of Olympic weightlifting. The IWF was founded in 1905, and has 192 Member Federations. The IWF President is Mohammed H ...

reorganized the categories. She injured her knee three weeks before the 2020 Olympics, but rehabilitated to compete.

Major results

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* * * * * * 1992 births Living people Japanese female weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2014 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters of Japan Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in weightlifting 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-weightlifting-bio-stub