2004 Athens Olympic – Gold
2008 Beijing Olympic – Gold
2012 London Olympic – Gold
2016 Rio Olympics – Gold
Japanese wrestler Kaori Icho, the only woman to earn individual gold medals at four consecutive Olympics in the same event is most likely to miss out on a record which no sports-person in the history has ever achieved.
In Rio she became the first woman to join the elite club. The club which had 4 greats of all time, sailor Paul Elvstrøm (Denmark) , discus thrower Al Oerter (USA), long jumper Carl Lewis (USA) and swimmer Michael Phelps (USA) as athletes to earn individual gold medals at four Olympics.
Kaori Icho could have created history by winning 1 more gold at 2020 Tokyo Olympics. By this she would have become the first sports-person ever to win 5 consecutive individual gold medals in the history of Olympics.
But now this history looks unlikely.
Icho’s already dim Olympic qualifying hopes were weakened while she was absent from this week’s world championships. Her countrywomen earned medals in all three weight divisions that Icho could have realistically entered to make her fifth Olympic team in 2020.
Japanese wrestlers clinch Olympic berths by earning medals at this year’s world championships.
Icho’s best — perhaps only — chance to compete at the Tokyo Olympics is if one of those three medalists gets injured between now and July.
The 35-year-old Icho took more than two years off competition after earning her fourth gold medal in Rio.
She attempted to earn Japan’s 57kg spot for worlds but lost in a playoff against fellow Rio Olympic champion Risako Kawai, who went on to win a third straight world title on Wednesday.
Kawai, 24, moved down in weight this Olympic cycle, ending up in direct competition with Icho upon Icho’s return, then handed Icho her first defeat to a countrywoman in 17 years.
Icho once held a 13-year win streak overall and owns 10 world championships. She is already the oldest female Olympic wrestling champion. Women’s wrestling was added to the Olympic program in 2004 which was Icho’s first Games.
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