Sara Dosho (土性 沙羅, Doshō Sara, born October 17, 1994) is a wrestler from Japan. She won the gold medal in the women's 69 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1] She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France.
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Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | October 17, 1994 (1994-10-17) (age 28) Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 159 cm (5 ft 3 in) (2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) (2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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She competes in the 67kg division and won the gold medal at the 2013 Summer Universiade in the same division[2] defeating Ochirbatyn Nasanburmaa of Mongolia in the final. She also won the bronze medal the 2013 World Wrestling Championships.[3] She won the gold medal in women's freestyle (69kg) at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.[4]
In 2021, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's 68 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[5][6]
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