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Saori Yoshida

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Saori Yoshida (吉田 沙保里, Yoshida Saori; born 5 October 1982) is a Japanese former freestyle wrestler. Starting in 1998, she won almost every major competition, including three Olympic Games, four Asian Games, and 13 world championships, and became the most decorated athlete in freestyle wrestling history. As of 2016, Yoshida had only three senior career losses in international competitions, to Marcie Van Dusen (0–2) on 20 January 2008 at the Team World Cup series, Valeria Zholobova (1–2) on 27 May 2012 at the World Cup, and to Helen Maroulis (1–4) on 18 August 2016 at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Yoshida was the flagbearer for Japan at the 2006 Asian Games and at the 2012 Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saori Yoshida is the 507th most popular wrestler (down from 358th in 2019), the 2,658th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,005th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Japanese Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Saori Yoshida ranks 507 out of 1,027. Before her are Lukáš Krpálek, Junkyard Dog, Emma, Nikki Cross, István Majoros, and Andrade Cien Almas. After her are Adam Page, Brian Pillman, Lasha Shavdatuashvili, András Sike, Al Snow, and Beth Phoenix.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Saori Yoshida ranks 441. Before her are Amar Benikhlef, Dilshod Nazarov, Aarti Chabria, Germán Lux, Egidio Arévalo Ríos, and Matías Emilio Delgado. After her are Shin Koyamada, Klára Koukalová, Adriano Ferreira Martins, Hu Ge, Ola Vigen Hattestad, and Paul-Henri Mathieu.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Saori Yoshida ranks 2,658 out of 6,245. Before her are Kazuto Saiki (1970), Rie Takahashi (1994), Kohsuke Toriumi (1973), Naoki Sakai (1975), Mikihito Arai (1994), and Yuji Iida (1992). After her are Jun Suzuki (1961), Sayaka Kanda (1986), Yuki Urushibara (1974), Shuta Sonoda (1969), Mao Asada (1990), and Yoji Sakai (1977).

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Among WRESTLERS In Japan

Among wrestlers born in Japan, Saori Yoshida ranks 32. Before her are Jushin Liger (1964), Yoshihiro Tajiri (1970), Ryoko Tani (1975), Atsuji Miyahara (1958), Kairi Sane (1988), and Kaori Icho (1984). After her are Shoichi Funaki (1968), Hifumi Abe (1997), Yoshi Tatsu (1977), Akinobu Osako (1960), Uta Abe (2000), and Shinichi Shinohara (1973).

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