Yayoi Urano
浦野 弥生
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born30 March 1969 (1969-03-30) (age 54)[1]
Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture[1]
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Sport
CountryJapan
SportWrestling
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1990 Ostia75 kg
Gold medal – first place 1991 Tokyo70 kg
Gold medal – first place 1993 Stavern70 kg
Gold medal – first place 1994 Sofia65 kg
Gold medal – first place 1995 Moscow65 kg
Gold medal – first place 1996 Sofia65 kg
Silver medal – second place 1992 Villeurbanne70 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Xiaoshan65 kg

Yayoi Urano (浦野 弥生, Urano Yayoi, born 30 March 1969) is a retired Japanese Wrestler and Judoka.[1] She won six gold medals and one silver medal in three weight classes (65, 70, and 75 kg) at the World Wrestling Championships from 1990 to 1996.[1][2][3]

Biography

Urano was involved in track and field at Nakanobu Gakuen High School (中延学園高校) , as her father was a shot putter.[1][2] After entering Nippon Sport Science University, she started Judo.[1][3] She became captain of the Judo club and won the 61 kg weight class at the Tokyo University Championships.[1] Furthermore, she also started Wrestling at the suggestion of Miyuu Yamamoto's father, Ikuei Yamamoto, who was a coach of the university wrestling team.[2][3] In 1990, two years after starting wrestling, she won her first World Championships in the 75kg weight class.[2][3] In 1991, she won the 70 kg weight class at the World Championships in Tokyo.[1][2] She was second at the 1992 World Wrestling Championships, but won for the third time at the 1993 World Wrestling Championships.[1][2] She then moved down to the 65kg weight class and won the World Championships for three consecutive years starting in 1994.[1][2] She was with the sushi company Kyōtaru (京樽), but when the company went bankrupt, she went to Canada to study at the University of Alberta.[3] There she married Japanese-Canadian wrestler Odagaki.[3][4][5] Then she retired, partly due to a knee injury.[1][3] In 2007, she became the second woman to be inducted into the UWW (then FILA) Hall of Fame.[3][5] in 2013, Urano became a member of the UWW (then FILA) Women and Sport Commission.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 スポーツ人名事典 [Sports Biographical Dictionary] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Nichigai Assosiates (日外アソシエーツ). 2002. p. 96. ISBN 978-4816917011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "浦野弥生" [Yayoi Urano] (in Japanese). Japan Wrestling Federation (日本レスリング協会). Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "世界チャンピオン/女子（5）…浦野弥生" [World Champions/Women（5）Yayoi Urano] (in Japanese). Japan Wrestling Federation (日本レスリング協会). Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "アルバータ大学（カナダ）強化練習に参加して" [Participated in training sessions at the University of Alberta(Canada)] (in Japanese). Japan Wrestling Federation (日本レスリング協会). Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  5. 1 2 "女性委員に浦野さん推薦　五輪存続へレスリング協会" [Wrestling federation recommends Ms. Urano for Women and Sport Commission towards Olympic survival]. Nikkei (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "FILA女性委員会メンバーに浦野弥生さん" [Ms.Yayoi Urano became a member of the FILA Women and Sport Commission] (in Japanese). Japan Wrestling Federation (日本レスリング協会). Retrieved 19 March 2022.
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