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Yayoi Urano
浦野 弥生

Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	30 March 1969 (1969-03-30) (age 55) Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture
Height	169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Freestyle
Medal record Women's freestyle wrestling Representing  Japan World Championships 1990 Ostia 75 kg 1991 Tokyo 70 kg 1993 Stavern 70 kg 1994 Sofia 65 kg 1995 Moscow 65 kg 1996 Sofia 65 kg 1992 Villeurbanne 70 kg Asian Championships 1996 Xiaoshan 65 kg

Yayoi Urano (浦野 弥生, Urano Yayoi, born 30 March 1969) is a retired Japanese Wrestler and Judoka. She won six gold medals and one silver medal in three weight classes (65, 70, and 75 kg) at the World Wrestling Championships from 1990 to 1996.

Biography

Urano was involved in track and field at Nakanobu Gakuen High School (中延学園高校) , as her father was a shot putter. After entering Nippon Sport Science University, she started Judo. She became captain of the Judo club and won the 61 kg weight class at the Tokyo University Championships. Furthermore, she also started Wrestling at the suggestion of Miyuu Yamamoto's father, Ikuei Yamamoto, who was a coach of the university wrestling team. In 1990, two years after starting wrestling, she won her first World Championships in the 75kg weight class. In 1991, she won the 70 kg weight class at the World Championships in Tokyo. She was second at the 1992 World Wrestling Championships, but won for the third time at the 1993 World Wrestling Championships. She then moved down to the 65kg weight class and won the World Championships for three consecutive years starting in 1994. She was with the sushi company Kyōtaru (京樽), but when the company went bankrupt, she went to Canada to study at the University of Alberta. There she married Japanese-Canadian wrestler Odagaki. Then she retired, partly due to a knee injury. In 2007, she became the second woman to be inducted into the UWW (then FILA) Hall of Fame. in 2013, Urano became a member of the UWW (then FILA) Women and Sport Commission.

References

1. ^ スポーツ人名事典 [Sports Biographical Dictionary] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Nichigai Assosiates (日外アソシエーツ). 2002. p. 96. ISBN 978-4816917011.
2. ^ "浦野弥生" [Yayoi Urano] (in Japanese). Japan Wrestling Federation (日本レスリング協会). Retrieved 19 March 2022.
3. ^ "世界チャンピオン/女子（5）…浦野弥生" [World Champions/Women（5）Yayoi Urano] (in Japanese). Japan Wrestling Federation (日本レスリング協会). Retrieved 19 March 2022.
4. "アルバータ大学（カナダ）強化練習に参加して" [Participated in training sessions at the University of Alberta(Canada)] (in Japanese). Japan Wrestling Federation (日本レスリング協会). Retrieved 19 March 2022.
5. ^ "女性委員に浦野さん推薦　五輪存続へレスリング協会" [Wrestling federation recommends Ms. Urano for Women and Sport Commission towards Olympic survival]. Nikkei (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
6. "FILA女性委員会メンバーに浦野弥生さん" [Ms.Yayoi Urano became a member of the FILA Women and Sport Commission] (in Japanese). Japan Wrestling Federation (日本レスリング協会). Retrieved 19 March 2022.

External links

• Yayoi Urano at the International Wrestling Database

• 1969 births
• Living people
• Japanese female sport wrestlers
• Japanese female judoka
• World Wrestling Championships medalists
• Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
• 20th-century Japanese sportswomen
• Martial artists from Kawasaki, Kanagawa