Yu Shiotani

{{Short description|Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler}}

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{{Medal|Bronze| 2022 Belgrade | 55 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| Asian Championships }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2021 Almaty | 55 kg }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2022 Ulaanbaatar | 55 kg }}

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{{Medal|Gold| 2022 Warsaw | 55 kg }}

{{MedalGold|2025 Tirana|60 kg}}

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Yu Shiotani (born 27 October 2001) is a Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in the 55 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{Cite news |last=Shefferd |first=Neil |date=11 September 2022 |title=Hosts Serbia take two golds on opening day of finals at World Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1127962/serbia-wrestling-double-gold |access-date=11 September 2022}}{{Cite web |title=2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-date=18 September 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}

He won the gold medal in the 55 kg event at the 2021 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.{{Cite news |last=Rowbottom |first=Mike |date=13 April 2021 |title=Iran earn three Greco-Roman golds on day one of UWW Asian Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1106576/uww-asian-championships-2021-almaty |access-date=11 September 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/results_04_almaty_champ.pdf|title=2021 Asian Wrestling Championships Results|work=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419163153/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/results_04_almaty_champ.pdf|archive-date=19 April 2021|access-date=19 April 2021}} He also won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.{{Cite news |date=19 April 2022 |title=Makhmudov wins second title as Asian Wrestling Championships begin in Mongolia |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1122088/makhmudov-claims-second-asian-gold |access-date=20 April 2022}}{{Cite web |title=2022 Asian Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/final-book-senior_asian_championships.pdf?VersionId=YJDMAXt2PzJwnVKPBf.3kNiMafH6p8ll |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424143847/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/final-book-senior_asian_championships.pdf?VersionId=YJDMAXt2PzJwnVKPBf.3kNiMafH6p8ll |archive-date=24 April 2022 |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}

Achievements

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!Year

!Tournament

!Location

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2021

|Asian Championships

|Almaty, Kazakhstan

|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Greco-Roman 55{{nbsp}}kg

rowspan=2 | 2022

|Asian Championships

|Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Greco-Roman 55{{nbsp}}kg

World Championships

|Belgrade, Serbia

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|Greco-Roman 55{{nbsp}}kg

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