Rei Higuchi

Japanese freestyle wrestler (born 1996) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rei Higuchi (Japanese: 樋口黎; born 28 January 1996) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. He won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 57 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[1] He won a silver medal in the 57 kg division at the 2016 Olympics.[2][3] He won the gold medal in the 61 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[4]

Nationality Japan
Born樋口黎
(1996-01-28) January 28, 1996 (age 30)
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Country Japan
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Rei Higuchi
Higuchi at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Nationality Japan
Born樋口黎
(1996-01-28) January 28, 1996 (age 30)
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
Country Japan
SportWrestling
Weight class61 kg
Event
Freestyle
ClubNippon Sport Science University;Tokyo
Coached byKenichi Yumoto

Kazuhito Sakae

Takahiro Wada
Achievements and titles
Olympic finalsSilver (2016) Gold (2024)
World finalsGold medal – World (2022) Silver (2023)
Regional finalsGold (2022)
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2024 Paris57 kg
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de Janeiro57 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Belgrade61 kg
Silver medal – second place2023 Belgrade57 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Ulaanbaatar61 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 New Delhi61 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2024 Budapest57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 Krasnoyarsk61 kg
Gold medal – first place2016 Spala57 kg
Gold medal – first place2016 Skopje61 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 Ulaanbaatar57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 Ulan-Ude61 kg
World U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Bucharest65 kg
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Career

Higuchi studies at the Nippon Sport Science University. He fractured his right hand in October 2015, but won the All Japan Tournament in December that year.[5]

On 28 January 2017, Higuchi competed at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017. In qualification, he was eliminated by Gadzhimurad Rashidov of Russia, but wrestled back to win a bronze medal against Bulat Batoev of Russia.[6] On September 18, 2023, he won a silver medal in the 57-kilogram weight class at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade. In the final, he lost to Serbian wrestler Stevan Mićić.[7] In Paris 2024, he won the gold medal against Spencer Lee of the United States.

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