is an amateur Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's heavyweight category.
He won a silver medal for the 84 kg division at the
2010 Asian Wrestling Championships
The 2010 Asian Wrestling Championships were held at the Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi, India. The event took place from 12 to 16 May 2010.
Medal table
Team ranking
Medal summary Men's freestyle
Men's Greco-Roman
Women's freestyle
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in
Delhi, India
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, losing out to South Korea's
Lee Se-Yeol. Saikawa is also a member of Ryomo Yakult Wrestling Club, and is coached and trained by former Asian Games light heavyweight champion and two-time Olympian
Shingo Matsumoto
is an amateur Japanese Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's light heavyweight category. He won a gold and a bronze medal for his division at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, and at the 2006 Asian Games ...
.
[
Saikawa represented ]Japan
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at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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in London
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, where he competed for the men's 96 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Sweden's Jimmy Lidberg
Jimmy Lidberg (born 13 April 1982) is a retired Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler. He is an Olympic bronze medalist and won several World and European Championship medals as well.
Biography
Lidberg grew up in Farsta and on Södermalm in Stockholm a ...
, who was able to score three points in two straight periods, leaving Saikawa without a single point.
References
External links
Profile – International Wrestling Database
1986 births
Living people
Olympic wrestlers for Japan
Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2010 Asian Games
Sportspeople from Tochigi Prefecture
Wrestlers at the 2014 Asian Games
Asian Games medalists in wrestling
Japanese male sport wrestlers
Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
21st-century Japanese people
Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
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