Ayumi Uekusa

Ayumi Uekusa
Uekusa at the 2018 Asian Games
Personal information
Born (1992-07-25) July 25, 1992[1]
Yachimata, Chiba Prefecture
EducationSports medicine
Alma materTeikyo University
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight68 kg (150 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryJapan
SportGōjū-ryū Karate
EventKumite
Medal record
Representing  Japan
World championships
2012 Paris +68 kg
2012 Paris Team
2014 Bremen +68 kg
2014 Bremen Team
2016 Linz +68 kg
2018 Madrid +68 kg
2018 Madrid Team
Asian Games
2014 Incheon +68 kg
2018 Jakarta +68 kg
Asian Championships
2013 Dubai +68 kg
2015 Yokohama +68 kg
2017 Astana +68 kg
2017 Astana Team
2018 Amman +68 kg
2022 Tashkent +68 kg

Ayumi Uekusa (植草 歩, Uekusa Ayumi; born July 25, 1992) is a Japanese karateka. Competing in the +68 kg kumite division she won gold medals at the World Karate Federation's 2016 World Championships, 2017 and 2022 Asian Championships, and at the 2018 Asian Games. She has also won several bronze and silver medals at the World Championships, Asian Championships, and Asian Games.[1]

She won a gold medal at the 2023 Karate 1-Premier League Cairo in January, and after taking gold in the 2023 Karate 1-Premier League Dublin that September, she was awarded the title of "Grand Winner" in her weight division for the year — her fourth such award after 2017, 2018, and 2020.[2] [3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Ayumi Uekusa. asiangames2018.id
  2. ^ "SET-ONLINE WKF". www.sportdata.org. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  3. ^ "Celebrating the Grand Winners of the 2023 Karate 1-Premier League - Karate News". September 11, 2023. Retrieved October 23, 2023.