represented
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
in
wrestling
Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...
at the
1984 Olympics in
Los Angeles
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, and won the gold medal in the bantamweight division.
He later coached the
2004 Athens Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
wrestling team. He is currently the head coach of the
Nihon University
, abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Japan. Its predecessor, Nihon Law School (currently the Department of Law), was founded by Yamada Akiyoshi, the Minister of Justice (Japan), Minister of Justice, in 1889. ...
wrestling team.
References
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1957 births
Living people
Japanese male sport wrestlers
Olympic wrestlers of Japan
Olympic gold medalists for Japan
Olympic medalists in wrestling
Wrestlers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Asian Games medalists in wrestling
Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
Wrestlers at the 1978 Asian Games
Wrestlers at the 1982 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games
Universiade medalists in wrestling
Universiade silver medalists for Japan
Nihon University people
World Wrestling Championships medalists
Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade
20th-century Japanese people
World Wrestling Champions
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