Ayana Gempei

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Ayana Gempei is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She won one of the bronze medals in the 65{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/2018-world-championships_final-book.pdf|title=2018 World Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414123246/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/2018-world-championships_final-book.pdf|archive-date=14 April 2020|access-date=14 April 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Diamond|first=James|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1072341/japan-win-three-golds-during-night-of-womens-wrestling-at-uww-under-23-world-championships|title=Japan win three golds during night of women's wrestling at UWW Under-23 World Championships|date=16 November 2018|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=9 April 2020}}

Career

At the 2017 Asian Wrestling Championships held in New Delhi, India, she won the silver medal in the 63{{nbsp}}kg event.{{cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/final-book-complete.pdf|title=2017 Asian Wrestling Championships – Results Book|work=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125162841/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/final-book-complete.pdf|archive-date=25 November 2018}}{{Cite news|last=Etchells|first=Daniel|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1050264/two-gold-medals-for-japan-as-action-continues-at-asian-wrestling-championships|title=Two gold medals for Japan as action continues at Asian Wrestling Championships|date=11 May 2017|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=9 April 2020}} At the 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Bucharest, Romania, she won the gold medal in the 65{{nbsp}}kg event. In 2018, Gempei also competed in the 68{{nbsp}}kg event at the Asian Games without winning a medal; she lost her bronze medal match against Meerim Zhumanazarova of Kyrgyzstan.{{Cite web|title=Wrestling Results Book|url=http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/4/112/AG2018_OfficialResultBook_Wrestling_v1.0.pdf|website=2018 Asian Games|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203161810/http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/4/112/AG2018_OfficialResultBook_Wrestling_v1.0.pdf|archive-date=3 February 2020|access-date=18 May 2020}}