Masako Furuichi


Masako Furuichi
Masako Furuichi is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 72 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway. She is also a two-time medalist at the Asian Wrestling Championships.

Career

Furuichi won the silver medal in the women's 75kg event at the 2017 Asian Wrestling Championships held in New Delhi, India. In 2018, she won the bronze medal in the women's 72kg event at the Asian Wrestling Championships held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
In 2019, Furuichi won one of the bronze medals in the women's 72kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. She won the gold medal in the 72kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway.
Furuichi won one of the bronze medals in the 72kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, behind American gold medal winner Amit Elor and Kazakh silver medal winner Zhamila Bakbergenova.

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2017Asian ChampionshipsNew Delhi, India2ndFreestyle 75kg
2018Asian ChampionshipsBishkek, Kyrgyzstan3rdFreestyle 72kg
2019World ChampionshipsNur-Sultan, Kazakhstan3rdFreestyle 72kg
2021World ChampionshipsOslo, Norway1stFreestyle 72kg
2022World ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia3rdFreestyle 72kg