Akari Fujinami is a Japanese freestyle wrestler who recently won the gold medal in the Women’s Freestyle 53 kg at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games, find out more about her medals
Akari won the title on Thursday after beating Ecuador’s Lucia Yepez with a dominating score of 10-0 in the final.
Who is Japanese wrestler Akari Fujinami, bio, age, height, weight, coach, medals list and Instagram
Following her win, Akari is now on a 137-winning streak across all competitions after entering the competition 130-0.
Akari Fujinami bio
Akari Fujinami is a Japanese freestyle wrestler who was born on November 11, 2003, in Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan. She is currently just 20-years-old, and recently won gold in the women’s 53 kg at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. She has an older named Yuhi Fujinami, who is the 2017 World Wrestling Championships bronze medallist. Notably, Akari trains under her coach and father Toshikazu.
Height and weight
Akari Fujinami stands at a height of 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) and roughly weighs around 53 kg.
Career and achievements
Akari Fujinami has dominated the wrestling scene in the women’s freestyle 53 kg ever since she started competing. Ever since her loss at the National Junior High School Wrestling Championships in 2017 she has gone unbeaten, winning 137 straight national and international bouts. Fujinami won her first major gold medal in the women’s 53 kg event at the Oslo 2021 World Wrestling Championships.
She also went on to win the gold medal in her event at the Ulaanbaatar 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships. Akari also won another gold at the 2022 Ulaanbaatar Asian Championships. 2023 was a successful year for her as she won gold medals in four different events including a gold in the women’s 55 kg event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament and 3 other golds in the 53 kg event at the Belgrade World Championships, Astana Asian Championships, and Zagreb Grand Prix. Most recently, she won the gold medal the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games in the 53 kg event.
Akari Fujinami has an Instagram account with the handle @11.akrstagram.11, where she has over 19.6K followers, and about 84 posts. She is quite active on her page and often posts updates about her profession and personal life.