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.
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Olympic and eight-time world champion wrestler Obara Hitomi has died at the age of 44.
·Budapest, Hungary
Read Full ArticleObara Hitomi was an eight-time world champion and Olympic champion.
·Hungary
Read Full ArticleOlympic 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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