Eri Tosaka

Eri Tosaka (登坂 絵莉, Tōsaka Eri, born 30 August 1993) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler from Japan. She competes in the 48 kg division and won the silver medal in the same division at the 2012 World Wrestling Championships. Her performance improved in the 2013 World Wrestling Championships where she won the gold medal after defeating Mayelis Caripá of Venezuela.[1] She won the 2016 Rio Olympic gold medal for Women's 48 kg freestyle wrestling by 3-2 decision over Mariya Stadnik of Azerbaijan. She was trailing by a point till very late. She was successful to convert a take down with 2secs remaining on the clock to win the gold medal bout.

Eri Tosaka
Tosaka in 2016
Personal information
Native name登坂 絵莉
Born30 August 1993 (1993-08-30) (age 27)
Takaoka, Toyama, Japan
Height152 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
College teamShigakkan University Wrestling Team
Coached byKazuhito Sakae

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. オカダ・カズチカが2年連続「プロレス大賞」MVP!25年ぶりの快挙. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). 10 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  3. 【プロレス大賞:レスリング特別表彰】登坂、吉田、浜田、伊調の4人娘が受賞. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). 9 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  4. 【プロレス大賞】レスリング特別表彰受賞の吉田沙保里「目標はリオ五輪金メダル、4連覇」. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). 8 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  5. 【プロレス大賞】内藤哲也がMVP初受賞! ベストバウトはG1丸藤vsオカダ. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). 14 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.


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