Kiyou Shimizu (清水希容, Shimizu Kiyō, born 7 December 1993)[1][2] is a Japanese karateka competing in the women's kata event. She won the silver medal in the women's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3] She is also a two-time gold medalist at the World Karate Championships and a two-time gold medalist at the Asian Games.
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Native name | 清水希容 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1993-12-07) 7 December 1993 (age 28) Osaka, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Karate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Individual kata | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University team | Kansai University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 2014, she represented Japan at the Asian Games 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 2014 World Karate Championships held in Bremen, Germany.[4][5] In 2015, she won the gold medal in this event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Yokohama, Japan.[6]
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.[4][7] In 2017, she won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the World Games held in Wrocław, Poland.[8][9][10] In the final, she defeated Sandra Sánchez of Spain.[9]
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.[11] She also won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[2][12][13] Her success continued at the World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain where she won the silver medal in the women's individual kata event.[10][14] In the final, she lost against Sandra Sánchez of Spain.[10][14][15]
At the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event.[16][17]
She represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in karate.[18][19] She reached the final in the women's kata event, but lost the gold medal bout to Spain's Sandra Sánchez Jamie.[20]
She studied at Kansai University.[21]
Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event |
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2014 | Asian Games | Incheon, South Korea | 1st | Individual kata |
World Championships | Bremen, Germany | 1st | Individual kata | |
2015 | Asian Championships | Yokohama, Japan | 1st | Individual kata |
2016 | World Championships | Linz, Austria | 1st | Individual kata |
2017 | World Games | Wrocław, Poland | 1st | Individual kata |
2018 | Asian Championships | Amman, Jordan | 1st | Individual kata |
Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia | 1st | Individual kata | |
World Championships | Madrid, Spain | 2nd | Individual kata | |
2019 | Asian Championships | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 1st | Individual kata |
2021 | Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan | 2nd | Individual kata |
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