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Ayumi Uekusa

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ayumi Uekusa is the 7,930th most popular athlete (down from 7,580th in 2019), the 6,216th most popular biography from Japan (down from 5,355th in 2019) and the 148th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ayumi Uekusa ranks 7,930 out of 6,025Before her are Raïsa Schoon, Kenji Nener, Aleh Yurenia, Yang Chun-han, Anhelina Lysak, and Evelise Veiga. After her are Pierre Le Corre, Denis Gankin, Rowena Webster, Piotr Kuczera, Katsuyuki Tanamura, and Milka Kraljev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1992, Ayumi Uekusa ranks 1,583Before her are Ryan Jack, Bongani Zungu, Chelsea Gray, Danijel Furtula, Zhansay Smagulov, and Tyler Johnson. After her are Elizabeth Beisel, Cody Miller, Fernando Carro, Gary Gardner, Thomas Pieters, and Pavel Mialeshka.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ayumi Uekusa ranks 6,229 out of 6,245Before her are Avi Schafer (1998), Yuki Okaniwa (1995), Hikaru Mori (1999), Daichi Soga (1998), Ryujoseph Hashimura (2000), and Kenta Kawanaka (1997). After her are Yuichi Hirano (1996), Katsuyuki Tanamura (1989), Koki Maezawa (1993), Shota Yomesaka (1996), Keito Furushima (1995), and Yūki Katō (1997).

Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Ayumi Uekusa ranks 148Before her are Zhang Peng (null), Hannah Green (null), Leo Vendrame (1993), Atsushi Arai (1994), Nayu Kiyohara (1991), and Rikuto Tamai (2006). After her are Katsuyuki Tanamura (1989), Mana Atsumi (1989), Yuko Takahashi (1991), Giacomo Ferrari (null), Emi Nishikori (1993), and Urara Ashikawa (2003).