- Chiharu Icho
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Olympic medal record Competitor for Japan Women's wrestling Silver 2004 Athens Freestyle 48 kg Silver 2008 Beijing Freestyle 48 kg Chiharu Icho (伊調 千春 Ichō Chiharu ) (born October 6, 1981 in Hachinohe, Aomori) is a Japanese wrestler who competed in the 48 kg weight class at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, wining the silver medal at both Games.[1]
Her younger sister Kaori is also a wrestler who competed in the 63 kg weight class at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal on both occasions.[2]
Chiharu has won the Asian championship twice and the world championships three times.
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Categories:- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Aomori Prefecture
- Japanese sport wrestlers
- Olympic wrestlers of Japan
- Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Japan
- Female sport wrestlers
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Japanese sport wrestler stubs
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