Ayumi Uekusa

Ayumi Uekusa
Uekusa at the 2018 Asian Games
Personal information
Born (1992-07-25) July 25, 1992 (age 32)[1]
Yachimata, Chiba Prefecture
EducationSports medicine
Alma materTeikyo University
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight68 kg (150 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryJapan
SportGōjū-ryū Karate
EventKumite
Medal record
Representing  Japan
World championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Paris +68 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Paris Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Bremen +68 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Bremen Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Linz +68 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Madrid +68 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Madrid Team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon +68 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta +68 kg
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Dubai +68 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Yokohama +68 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Astana +68 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Astana Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Amman +68 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tashkent +68 kg

Ayumi Uekusa (植草 歩, Uekusa Ayumi, born July 25, 1992) is a Japanese karateka. Competing in the +68 kg kumite division she won gold medals at the World Karate Federation's 2016 World Championships, 2017 and 2022 Asian Championships, and at the 2018 Asian Games. She has also won several bronze and silver medals at the World Championships, Asian Championships, and Asian Games.[1]

She won a gold medal at the 2023 Karate 1-Premier League Cairo in January, and after taking gold in the 2023 Karate 1-Premier League Dublin that September, she was awarded the title of "Grand Winner" in her weight division for the year — her fourth such award after 2017, 2018, and 2020.[2] [3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Ayumi Uekusa. asiangames2018.id
  2. ^ "SET-ONLINE WKF". www.sportdata.org. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  3. ^ "Celebrating the Grand Winners of the 2023 Karate 1-Premier League - Karate News". September 11, 2023. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
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