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
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Paris 70 kg
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Iowa Team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta 74 kg
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Salvador da Bahia 66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Macon 66 kg
Junior Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Ulaanbaatar 66 kg
Cadet World Championships
Silver medal – second place 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.