Yuhi Fujinami

Yuhi Fujinami (藤波勇飛, Fujinami Yuhi, born May 27, 1996) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. His younger sister is 2021 World Wrestling Championships and 2024 Summer Olympics women's 50 kg gold medalist Akari Fujinami.^[2]

Yuhi Fujinami

Fujinami at the 2018 Asian Games
Personal information
Native name	藤波勇飛
Nationality	Japan
Born	(1996-05-27) May 27, 1996 (age 28) Mie, Japan
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Wrestling
Weight class	74 kg
Event	Freestyle
Coached by	Yuji Takada (club) Shigeki Nishiguchi (national) Kenji Inoue (national)[1]
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  Japan World Championships 2017 Paris 70 kg World Cup 2018 Iowa Team Asian Games 2018 Jakarta 74 kg Japan National Championships 2018 Tokyo 74 kg Junior World Championships 2015 Salvador da Bahia 66 kg 2016 Macon 66 kg Junior Asian Championships 2014 Ulaanbaatar 66 kg Cadet World Championships 2013 Zrenjanin 63 kg

He won bronze medals at the 2017 World Championships and 2018 Asian Games.^[3][4] He missed the 2018 World Championships due to an injury.^[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. Yuhi Fujinami. 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.

External links

• Yūhi Fujinami at the International Wrestling Database