is a Japanese former
wrestler
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. He competed at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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, where he finished in ninth place in the
57kg freestyle class.
Abe competed collegiately for Penn State, where he was an NCAA champion and four-time
All-America
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n. He garnered NCAA All-American honors by finishing 4th, 3rd, 2nd and 1st, respectively, at consecutive
NCAA Wrestling Championships.
See also
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List of Pennsylvania State University Olympians
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1970 births
Living people
Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Japanese male sport wrestlers
Olympic wrestlers for Japan
Sportspeople from Tokyo
Penn State Nittany Lions wrestlers
20th-century Japanese people
21st-century Japanese people
Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
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