(born October 1, 1943) is a Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in

Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling (Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mod ...

Career

He finished fourth both at the

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and

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. Munemura competed at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

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where he received a gold medal in

, the ''lightweight'' class."1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Wrestling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on September 2, 2008)

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* 1943 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Japan Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Japanese male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{japan-wrestling-bio-stub