Hitomi Obara

Hitomi Obara

Obara at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games

2012 London 48 kg
World Championships
2000 Sofia 51 kg
2001 Sofia 51 kg
2005 Budapest 51 kg
2006 Guangzhou 51 kg
2007 Baku 51 kg
2008 Tokyo 51 kg
2010 Moscow 48 kg
2011 Istanbul 48 kg
Asian Games
2010 Guangzhou 48 kg
Asian Championships
2000 Seoul 51 kg
2005 Wuhan 51 kg

Hitomi Obara née Sakamoto (小原 日登美, Obara Hitomi; 4 January 1981 – 18 July 2025) was a Japanese female wrestler from Hachinohe, Aomori. She was 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.

Hitomi Obara died on 18 July 2025, at the age of 44. She had previously been diagnosed with depression and an eating disorder.