is a female wrestler from Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan. She is Captain in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. On 8 August 2012, Obara won the women's 48kg freestyle wrestling gold in her first Olympic Games at London's Excel Arena.

Awards

Tokyo Sports

Wrestling Special Award (2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012)

Hitomi Obara

References

External links

bio on fila-wrestling.com

Japanese female sport wrestlers

Living people

1981 births

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel

Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Olympic gold medalists for Japan

Sportspeople from Aomori Prefecture

People from Hachinohe

Olympic medalists in wrestling

Olympic wrestlers for Japan

Asian Games medalists in wrestling

Wrestlers at the 2010 Asian Games

Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon

World Wrestling Championships medalists

Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan

Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games

Asian Wrestling Championships medalists

21st-century Japanese women

Hitomi Obara