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Rei Higuchi
	Higuchi at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Birth name	樋口黎
Nationality	Japan
Born	January 28, 1996 (age 28); Japan
Height	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Wrestling
Weight class	61 kg
Event	Freestyle
Club	Nippon Sport Science University;Tokyo
Coached by	Kenichi Yumoto Kazuhito Sakae Takahiro Wada
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	(2016) (2024)
World finals	(2022) (2023)
Regional finals	(2022)
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing Japan
Olympic Games
World Championships
Asian Championships
Grand Prix
World U23 Championships

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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]

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

References

^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
^ "Rei Higuchi". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
^ Higuchi, Rei (JPN) Archived 2016-08-20 at the Wayback Machine. iat.uni-leipzig.de
^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ Rei Higuchi Archived 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
^ "Ахмед Чакаев, Даурен Куруглиев и Алан Хугаев - победители гран-при "Иван Ярыгин"-2017 - Федерация спортивной борьбы России". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
^ "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 RESULTS".

External links

Rei Higuchi at the International Wrestling Database
Rei Higuchi at Olympics.com
Rei Higuchi at Olympedia

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[wrestling_results_book_summer_olympics_2024-1] "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

[rio-2] "Rei Higuchi". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

[iat-3] Higuchi, Rei (JPN) Archived 2016-08-20 at the Wayback Machine. iat.uni-leipzig.de

[results_book_world_wrestling_championships_2022-4] "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[5] Rei Higuchi Archived 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com

[6] "Ахмед Чакаев, Даурен Куруглиев и Алан Хугаев - победители гран-при "Иван Ярыгин"-2017 - Федерация спортивной борьбы России". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.

[7] "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 RESULTS".

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-{{MedalBronze|[[Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017|2017 Krasnoyarsk]]|[[Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 – Men's freestyle 61 kg|61 kg]]}}
+{{Medal|Gold| 2016 Skopje | 61 kg }}
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-{{MedalBronze|2020 Tokyo |57 kg}}
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+{{Medal|Competition| [[World U23 Wrestling Championships|World U23 Championships]] }}
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-'''Rei Higuchi''' ([[Japanese language|Japanese]]: 樋口黎; born 28 January 1996) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler who won a silver medal in the 57&nbsp;kg division at the 2016 Olympics.<ref name=rio>{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/rei-higuchi |title=Rei Higuchi |accessdate=19 August 2016 |work=Rio 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826111513/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/rei-higuchi# |archive-date=2016-08-26 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=iat>[https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?spid=9EC6FEE3872540F5938822A7A830288D Higuchi, Rei (JPN)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820105837/https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?spid=9EC6FEE3872540F5938822A7A830288D# |date=2016-08-20 }}. iat.uni-leipzig.de</ref> He won the gold medal in the [[2022 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 61 kg|61{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[2022 World Wrestling Championships]] held in Belgrade, Serbia.<ref name="results_book_world_wrestling_championships_2022">{{Cite web |title=2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-date=18 September 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref>
+'''Rei Higuchi''' ([[Japanese language|Japanese]]: 樋口黎; born 28 January 1996) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. He won the gold medal in the [[Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 57 kg|men's freestyle 57{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] in Paris, France.<ref name="wrestling_results_book_summer_olympics_2024">{{Cite web |title=Wrestling Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2024 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=2024 Summer Olympics}}</ref> He won a silver medal in the 57&nbsp;kg division at the 2016 Olympics.<ref name=rio>{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/rei-higuchi |title=Rei Higuchi |accessdate=19 August 2016 |work=Rio 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826111513/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/rei-higuchi |archive-date=2016-08-26 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=iat>[https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?spid=9EC6FEE3872540F5938822A7A830288D Higuchi, Rei (JPN)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820105837/https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?spid=9EC6FEE3872540F5938822A7A830288D# |date=2016-08-20 }}. iat.uni-leipzig.de</ref> He won the gold medal in the [[2022 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 61 kg|61{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[2022 World Wrestling Championships]] held in Belgrade, Serbia.<ref name="results_book_world_wrestling_championships_2022">{{Cite web |title=2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-date=18 September 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref>
+==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.<ref>[http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=higuchi-rei-1078617/index.html Rei Higuchi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920030951/http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=higuchi-rei-1078617/index.html# |date=2016-09-20 }}. nbcolympics.com</ref>
-On 28 January 2017 he competed at the [[Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017]], in the qualification he was eliminated by [[Gadzhimurad Rashidov]] of [[Russia]], but he went on to wrestle back and win a bronze medal against Bulat Batoev of Russia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wrestrus.ru/news/Novosti_turnirov/gran_pri_ivan_yarigin_2017/ahmed_chakaev_dauren_kurugliev_i_alan_hugaev_pobediteli_gran_pri_ivan_jarigin_2017# |title=Ахмед Чакаев, Даурен Куруглиев и Алан Хугаев - победители гран-при "Иван Ярыгин"-2017 - Федерация спортивной борьбы России |access-date=2017-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202051908/http://www.wrestrus.ru/news/Novosti_turnirov/gran_pri_ivan_yarigin_2017/ahmed_chakaev_dauren_kurugliev_i_alan_hugaev_pobediteli_gran_pri_ivan_jarigin_2017# |archive-date=2017-02-02 |url-status=live }}</ref>
+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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wrestrus.ru/news/Novosti_turnirov/gran_pri_ivan_yarigin_2017/ahmed_chakaev_dauren_kurugliev_i_alan_hugaev_pobediteli_gran_pri_ivan_jarigin_2017 |title=Ахмед Чакаев, Даурен Куруглиев и Алан Хугаев - победители гран-при "Иван Ярыгин"-2017 - Федерация спортивной борьбы России |access-date=2017-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202051908/http://www.wrestrus.ru/news/Novosti_turnirov/gran_pri_ivan_yarigin_2017/ahmed_chakaev_dauren_kurugliev_i_alan_hugaev_pobediteli_gran_pri_ivan_jarigin_2017 |archive-date=2017-02-02 |url-status=live }}</ref>
+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]].<ref>{{cite web |title=WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 RESULTS |url=https://uww.org/event/world-championships-49/results}}</ref>
+In Paris 2024 he won the gold medal against Spencer Lee of the United States
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+[[Category:Wrestlers at the 2024 Summer Olympics]]
 [[Category:Olympic medalists in wrestling]]
 [[Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
+[[Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics]]
+[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Japan]]
 [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Japan]]
 [[Category:World Wrestling Champions]]
 [[Category:Asian Wrestling Championships medalists]]
-[[Category:21st-century Japanese people]]
+[[Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen]]