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Ayumi Uekusa

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Ayumi Uekusa (植草 歩, Uekusa Ayumi; born July 25, 1992) is a Japanese karateka. Competing in the +68 kg kumite division she won gold medals at the World Karate Federation's 2016 World Championships, 2017 and 2022 Asian Championships, and at the 2018 Asian Games. She has also won several bronze and silver medals at the World Championships, Asian Championships, and Asian Games. She won a gold medal at the 2023 Karate 1-Premier League Cairo in January, and after taking gold in the 2023 Karate 1-Premier League Dublin that September, she was awarded the title of "Grand Winner" in her weight division for the year — her fourth such award after 2017, 2018, and 2020. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 6 different languages on Wikipedia. Ayumi Uekusa is the 9,400th most popular athlete (down from 7,567th in 2024), the 6,610th most popular biography from Japan (down from 5,354th in 2019) and the 165th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ayumi Uekusa ranks 9,400 out of 6,025. Before her are Kenji Nener, Alex Hall, Aleh Yurenia, Yang Chun-han, Anhelina Lysak, and Evelise Veiga. After her are Pierre Le Corre, Denis Gankin, Rowena Webster, Piotr Kuczera, Katsuyuki Tanamura, and M. R. Poovamma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1992, Ayumi Uekusa ranks 1,814. Before her are Daniel Johnson, Bongani Zungu, Chelsea Gray, Danijel Furtula, Zhansay Smagulov, and Tyler Johnson. After her are Elizabeth Beisel, Cody Miller, Fernando Carro, Saiyami Kher, Sayed Dhiya Saeed, and Gary Gardner.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ayumi Uekusa ranks 6,623 out of 6,245. Before her are Yuki Okaniwa (1995), Hikaru Mori (1999), Daichi Soga (1998), Yuto Oshiro (1996), Ryujoseph Hashimura (2000), and Kenta Kawanaka (1997). After her are Musashi Okuyama (1991), Yuichi Hirano (1996), Masashi Kokubun (1995), Kotaro Tokunaga (1996), Katsuyuki Tanamura (1989), and Hayato Okuda (2001).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Ayumi Uekusa ranks 165. Before her are Zhang Peng (null), Hannah Green (null), Leo Vendrame (1993), Atsushi Arai (1994), Nayu Kiyohara (1991), and Rikuto Tamai (2006). After her are Katsuyuki Tanamura (1989), Mana Atsumi (1989), Yuko Takahashi (1991), Giacomo Ferrari (null), Emi Nishikori (1993), and Urara Ashikawa (2003).

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