Seiko Yamamoto

Seiko Yamamoto
Personal information
Nationality Japanese
Born (1980-08-22) 22 August 1980
Medal record
Women's wrestling
Representing  Japan
World Wrestling Championships
1999 World Wrestling Championships 55 kg
2000 World Wrestling Championships 55 kg
2001 World Wrestling Championships 55 kg
2002 World Wrestling Championships 55 kg

Seiko Yamamoto (山本 聖子 Yamamoto Seiko, born 22 August 1980[1]) is a Japanese wrestler who won four world titles and two Asian Wrestling Championships in her career.[2]

Her father is Ikuei Yamamoto, who also competed in the Olympics as a wrestler. Her older brother is MMA fighter Norifumi Yamamoto.

In four years from 1999 till 2003 she collected four gold medals at the World Wrestling Championships. Because she lost at the Japan Queen's Cup to Saori Yoshida, she was unable to participate at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[3] In 2006 she got married to team handball player Hideaki Nagashima and later retired, and in 2007 gave birth to a son. Two years later she came back and won another championship at the Poland Open.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Nagashima Yamamoto, Seiko". International Wrestling Database. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  2. 1 2 Charles Jewett (April 3, 2013). "Seiko Yamamoto Interview". Asian MMA. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  3. ↑ Shu Hirata (January 7, 2009). "A Former World Wrestling Champ Seiko Yamamoto, KID Yamamoto's Sister, Making a Comeback Aiming for London in 2012!". Retrieved July 9, 2013.
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