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| Birth name | 樋口黎 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1996-01-28) January 28, 1996 (age 28) Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 61 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nippon Sport Science University;Tokyo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Kenichi Yumoto Takahiro Wada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals |  (2016)
 (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World finals |  (2022)
 (2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regional finals |  (2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rei Higuchi (Japanese: 樋口黎; born 28 January 1996) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. He won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 57 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He won a silver medal in the 57 kg division at the 2016 Olympics. He won the gold medal in the 61 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
Career
Higuchi studies at the Nippon Sport Science University. He fractured his right hand in October 2015, but won the All Japan Tournament in December that year.
On 28 January 2017, Higuchi competed at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017. In qualification, he was eliminated by Gadzhimurad Rashidov of Russia, but wrestled back to win a bronze medal against Bulat Batoev of Russia. On September 18, 2023, he won a silver medal in the 57-kilogram weight class at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade. In the final, he lost to Serbian wrestler Stevan Mićić. In Paris 2024 he won the gold medal against Spencer Lee of the United States
References
- "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- "Rei Higuchi". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- Higuchi, Rei (JPN) Archived 2016-08-20 at the Wayback Machine. iat.uni-leipzig.de
- "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- Rei Higuchi Archived 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
- "Ахмед Чакаев, Даурен Куруглиев и Алан Хугаев - победители гран-при "Иван Ярыгин"-2017 - Федерация спортивной борьбы России". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 RESULTS".
External links
- Rei Higuchi at United World Wrestling
- Rei Higuchi at the International Wrestling Database
- Rei Higuchi at Olympics.com
- Rei Higuchi at Olympedia (archive)
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