Miwa Morikawa


Miwa Morikawa is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the 65kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.

Career

In 2018, Morikawa won the silver medal in the women's 65kg event at the Klippan Lady Open in Klippan, Sweden.
She won the silver medal in the women's 65kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.
Morikawa won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Pontevedra, Spain.
In 2023, Morikawa won one of the bronze medals in the women's 72kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, behind gold medal winner Amit Elor of the United States and silver medal winner Enkh-Amaryn Davaanasan of Mongolia. She defeated Kendra Dacher of France in her bronze medal match.

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2021World ChampionshipsOslo, Norway2ndFreestyle 65kg
2022Asian ChampionshipsUlaanbaatar, Mongolia1stFreestyle 65kg
2022World ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia1stFreestyle 65kg
2023World ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia3rdFreestyle 72kg
2024World ChampionshipsTirana, Albania3rdFreestyle 65kg
2025Asian ChampionshipsAmman, Jordan1stFreestyle 65kg
2025World ChampionshipsZagreb, Croatia1stFreestyle 65kg