Yuhi Fujinami

Yuhi Fujinami
Personal information
Native name
藤波勇飛
Born (1996-05-27) May 27, 1996
Mie, Japan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
RelativeAkari Fujinami (sister)
Sport
SportWrestling
Weight class74 kg
Event
Freestyle
Coached byYuji Takada (club)
Shigeki Nishiguchi (national)
Kenji Inoue (national)[1]
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Japan
World Championships
2017 Paris 70 kg
World Cup
2018 Iowa Team
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta 74 kg
Junior World Championships
2015 Salvador da Bahia 66 kg
2016 Macon 66 kg
Junior Asian Championships
2014 Ulaanbaatar 66 kg
Cadet World Championships
2013 Zrenjanin 63 kg

Yuhi Fujinami (藤波勇飛, Fujinami Yuhi; born May 27, 1996) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler.[2] A former Japan national champion, he won bronze medals at the 2017 World Championships and 2018 Asian Games.[3][4][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]

References

  1. ^ a b c Yuhi Fujinami Archived 2018-08-27 at the Wayback Machine. asiangames2018.id
  2. ^ "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]. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan. 2020-12-20. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  3. ^ "2017 World Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.