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Mayu Mukaida

Japanese freestyle wrestler

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Mayu Mukaida

Personal information

Native name

向田真優

Nationality

Japanese

Born

22 June 1997 (1997-06-22) (age 26)
Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan

Height

157 cm (5 ft 2 in)

Sport

Country

Japan

Sport

Wrestling

Event

Freestyle

College team

Shigakkan University

Medal record

Women's freestyle wrestling

Representing Japan
Olympic Games
	2020 Tokyo	53 kg
World Championships
	2016 Budapest	55 kg
	2018 Budapest	55 kg
	2022 Belgrade	55 kg
	2017 Paris	53 kg
	2019 Nur-Sultan	53 kg
Asian Championships
	2017 New Delhi	53 kg
	2019 Xi'an	53 kg
	2020 New Delhi	53 kg
Youth Olympic Games
	2014 Nanjing	52 kg

Mayu Shidochi (志土地真優, Shidochi Mayu, née Mukaida (向田), born 22 June 1997) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the 53 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Career

She competed at the 2014 Youth Summer Olympics, 2017 World Wrestling Championships, 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and 2019 World Wrestling Championships.

In 2018, she won the gold medal at Budapest World Wrestling Championships in women's 55 kg.^[4]^[5]

She won the gold medal in the 55 kg event again at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.^[6]^[7]

References

^ "American wrestler Steveson wins men's freestyle super heavyweight gold". The Times of India. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ "Wrestler Mayu Mukaida wins Olympic gold in women's 53 kg". The Japan Times. 2021-08-06. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
^ "Risako Kawai and Mayu Mukaida take gold at championships". The Japan Times. October 24, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
^ 向田真優2年ぶりV 前回大会の悔しさを待ち受けに (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. October 25, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
^ Brennan, Eliott (13 September 2022). "Olympic medallist Kayaalp returns to champion status at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.