was a Japanese
judoka
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and
wrestler
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. He was instrumental in founding the Japanese Amateur Wrestling Association and bringing the 1964 Olympics to Japan.
Biography
Originally a judo specialist and a secretary to
Kanō Jigorō
was a Japanese educator, athlete, and the founder of Judo. Along with Ju-Jutsu, Judo was one of the first Japanese martial arts to gain widespread international recognition, and the first to become an official Olympic sport. Pedagogical inno ...
he helped popularize judo in the United States and Europe. He later received the
Olympic Order
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from the
International Olympic Committee
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for his contributions to judo and the Olympics. In 1929 Hatta held 4th dan in judo, and by 1952 progressed to the 7th dan.
[ Judo became an Olympic sport only in 1964, and therefore at the 1932 Olympics Hatta competed in freestyle wrestling. After that he helped establish the Japanese Amateur Wrestling Association, and at the 1936 Olympics was the head coach of the national wrestling team. Later he served in the ]House of Councillors
The is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of Councillors is the successor to the pre-war House of Peers. If the two houses disagree on matters of the budget, treaties, ...
, the Japanese upper house of the legislature.[
In 1965, Hatta also helped Victor Koga to form the Japanese ]Sambo
, aka = Sombo (in English-speaking countries)
, focus = Hybrid
, country = Soviet Union
, pioneers = Viktor Spiridonov, Vasili Oshchepkov, Anatoly Kharlampiev
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, oly ...
Federation. He had a son named Tadaaki Hatta who learned from him and also coached at the Olympics.
References
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1906 births
1983 deaths
Japanese sportsperson-politicians
Olympic wrestlers of Japan
Wrestlers at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Japanese male sport wrestlers
20th-century Japanese people