Yuhi Fujinami Explained
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| Native Name: | 藤波勇飛 |
| Birth Date: | 27 May 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Mie, Japan |
| Height: | 173 cm |
| Sport: | Wrestling |
| Weight Class: | 74 kg |
| Event: | Freestyle |
| Coach: | Yuji Takada (club)
Shigeki Nishiguchi (national)
Kenji Inoue (national)[1] |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. His younger sister is 2021 World Wrestling Championships and 2024 Summer Olympics women's 50 kg gold medalist Akari Fujinami.[2]
He won bronze medals at the 2017 World Championships and 2018 Asian Games.[3] [4] He missed the 2018 World Championships due to an injury.[1]
He took up wrestling aged eight at the wrestling gym of his father, Toshikazu Fujinami, a wrestling coach and a former wrestler. He has a degree in law from the Yamanashi Gakuin University.[1]
Notes and References
- https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/FUJINAMI-Yuhi-3003678/ Yuhi Fujinami
- News: 2020-12-20 . 17歳藤波朱理が初出場V 兄は17年世界選手権銅 . 17-year-old Akari Fujinami won the World Championships in her first appearance. Her brother won bronze at the 2017 World Championships . ja . . . 2022-03-19.
- Web site: 2017 World Wrestling Championships. United World Wrestling. live. 13 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20190501222916/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/final-book_1.pdf. 1 May 2019.
- Web site: Wrestling Results Book. 2018 Asian Games. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200203161810/http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/4/112/AG2018_OfficialResultBook_Wrestling_v1.0.pdf. 3 February 2020. 18 May 2020.
