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Native name | 藤波朱理 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Yokkaichi, Japan | 11 November 2003||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 53 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Akari Fujinami (Japanese: 藤波朱理; born 11 November 2003) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler.[1] Her older brother is 2017 World Wrestling Championships bronze medalist Yuhi Fujinami.[2] She has won 111 straight national and international bouts since her loss at the National Junior High School Wrestling Championships in 2017.[3]
Fujinami won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[4][5] She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[6][7]
Fujinami won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[8] She also won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.[9] She defeated Pang Qianyu of China in her gold medal match.[9]