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Hitomi Obara, 2012 Olympic Champion in Wrestling, Dies at 44

JAPAN, JUL 19 – Hitomi Obara was a six-time world champion and influential coach who contributed to Japan's dominance in women's wrestling, passing away at 44 from unknown causes.

Summary by The Japan Times
The cause of her death and other details are unknown.

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Olympic and eight-time world champion wrestler Obara Hitomi has died at the age of 44.

·Budapest, Hungary
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Obara Hitomi was an eight-time world champion and Olympic champion.

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Olympic and eight-time world champion wrestler Obara Hitomi has died at the age of 44. According to the international federation's website, she won six world championship titles in the women's 51-kilogram weight class between 2000 and 2008 under her maiden name Sakamoto, and then moved up a weight class to make the Japanese Olympic team, but lost to the category's reigning champion, three-time Olympic champion Yoshida Saori, at the national sele…

·Budapest, Hungary
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産経ニュース broke the news in Japan on Saturday, July 19, 2025.
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