Kiyou Shimizu

Kiyou Shimizu (清水希容, Shimizu Kiyou, born 7 December 1993)[1][2] is a Japanese karateka competing in the women's kata event. She is a two-time gold medalist at the World Karate Championships and a two-time gold medalist at the Asian Games. She is scheduled to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in karate.[3][4]

Kiyou Shimizu
Kiyou Shimizu in 2018
Personal information
Native name清水希容
Born (1993-12-07) 7 December 1993
Sport
CountryJapan
SportKarate
Event(s)Individual kata
University teamKansai University
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Japan
World Championships
2014 Bremen Individual kata
2016 Linz Individual kata
2018 Madrid Individual kata
Asian Games
2014 Incheon Individual kata
2018 Jakarta Individual kata
Asian Championships
2015 Yokohama Individual kata
2018 Amman Individual kata
2019 Tashkent Individual kata
World Games
2017 Wrocław Individual kata

Career

In 2014, she represented Japan at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, and she won the gold medal in the women's kata event. A month later, she became world champion in this event at the 2014 World Karate Championships held in Bremen, Germany.[5] In 2015, she won the gold medal in this event at the 2015 Asian Karate Championships held in Yokohama, Japan.[6]

At the 2016 World Karate Championships in Linz, Austria, she repeated her 2014 success by winning the gold medal in the women's kata event for the second time.[5] In 2017, she won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the 2017 World Games held in Wrocław, Poland.[7][8][9] In the final, she defeated Sandra Sánchez of Spain.[8]

In 2018, she won a medal in three major tournaments. At the 2018 Asian Karate Championships held in Amman, Jordan, she won the gold medal in the women's kata event.[10] She also won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[2][11][12] Her success continued at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain where she won the silver medal in the women's individual kata event.[9][13] In the final, she lost against Sandra Sánchez of Spain.[9][13][14]

At the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event.[15][16]

Personal life

She studied at Kansai University.[17]

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenueRankEvent
2014 Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 1st Individual kata
World Championships Bremen, Germany 1st Individual kata
2015 Asian Championships Yokohama, Japan 1st Individual kata
2016 World Championships Linz, Austria 1st Individual kata
2017 World Games Wrocław, Poland 1st Individual kata
2018 Asian Championships Amman, Jordan 1st Individual kata
Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia 1st Individual kata
World Championships Madrid, Spain 2nd Individual kata
2019 Asian Championships Tashkent, Uzbekistan 1st Individual kata

References
  1. "Shimizu's Instagram Page".
  2. "Karate Results" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  3. "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". WKF.net. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  5. Etchells, Daniel (29 October 2016). "Four gold medals for Japan on opening day of finals at 2016 Karate World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  6. "Medalists" (PDF). 2015 Asian Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  7. "Kiyuna, Shimizu win gold in karate kata at World Games". The Japan Times. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  8. "Karate Results" (PDF). 2017 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  9. Hernon, Matthew (16 August 2019). "Meet the Tokyo 2020 Athletes: Karate Sensation Ryo Kiyuna". Tokyo Weekender. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  10. Etchells, Daniel (14 July 2018). "Japan claim seven gold medals at Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  11. "Ryo Kiyuna, Kiyou Shimizu continue to help raise karate's profile". The Japan Times. 26 August 2018. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  12. Etchells, Daniel (25 August 2018). "Unified Korean team win dragon boat bronze medal on historic day at 2018 Asian Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  13. "2018 World Karate Championships". SportData. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  14. "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 World Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  15. Rowbottom, Mike (20 July 2019). "Japan earn six titles but Uzbek hosts also golden at Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  16. "2019 Asian Karate Championships Results" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  17. "Kiyou Shimizu won the title for FISU 8th World University Karate Championships". Kansai University. 20 July 2012. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
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