Chizuru Arai | |
Headercolor: | 2020 Olympic Champion |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Birth Date: | 1 November 1993 |
Birth Place: | Yorii, Japan |
Height: | 1.72 m |
Weight Class: | –70 kg |
Retired: | [1] |
Worlds Rank: | 1 |
Worlds Year: | 2017 |
Worlds Weight: | Women's 70 kg |
Worlds Year2: | 2018 |
Worlds Weight2: | Women's 70 kg |
Regionals Type: | AS |
Regionals Rank: | 2 |
Regionals Year: | 2014 |
Regionals Weight: | Women's 70 kg |
Olympics Rank: | 1 |
Olympics Year: | 2020 |
Olympics Weight: | Women's 70 kg |
Updated: | 23 May 2023 |
is a Japanese retired[1] judoka.[2] [3] Arai won the gold medal in judo's 70 kg division, and silver in the mixed team event, at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4] [5]
She competed at the 2014 Judo Grand Prix Düsseldorf, finishing third, and 2015 Judo Grand Prix Düsseldorf. She won a gold medal at the 2017 World Judo Championships in Budapest.