Yui Susaki
Tokyo gold without giving up a single point
- Born
- June 30, 1999, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
- Nationality
Japan- Height
- 153 cm (5′0″)
- Style
- Takedown-and-roll finisher
- Weight
- 48 kg, 50 kg
- Active
- 2017–present
- Status
- Active · age 27
The medals
1 Olympic gold, 4 world titles
The story
ui Susaki went years without losing to a wrestler from outside Japan. The Matsudo native won world titles at 48 kg in 2017 and at 50 kg in 2018, 2022 and 2023, and at the Tokyo Olympics she outscored her opponents 41-0 on the way to gold after serving as Japan's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. In 2022 she became the first wrestler to complete a 'Golden Grand Slam' of world titles at every age level plus Olympic gold. Her game is built on scoring a takedown, then rolling opponents with a leg lace or pinning them with an arm bar. Vinesh Phogat handed her a first international loss in Paris in 2024, and she rebounded to win bronze.
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- Olympic champion (Tokyo 2020)
- Olympic bronze medalist (Paris 2024)
- World champion ×4 (2017, 2018, 2022, 2023)
- Asian champion (2017, 2024)
- Japan's flag bearer, Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony
- First wrestler to complete the 'Golden Grand Slam' (2022)
Defining matches
- 2018WINvs Mariya Stadnik (World final, 10-0)
- 2021WINTokyo 2020 Olympics (50 kg gold, outscored opponents 41-0)
- 2022WINvs Dolgorjavyn Otgonjargal (World final, fall)
- 2024LOSSvs Vinesh Phogat (Paris Olympics; first international loss)
- 2024WINvs Oksana Livach (Paris Olympic bronze, technical superiority)
Score, then roll: Susaki turns one takedown into a technical fall by locking a leg lace and rolling her opponent again and again. Drill the leg lace so it starts the instant you land on top, before your partner can flatten out.
1990–2004