Steven Takahashi (born 8 April 1992) is a Canadian

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...

. He won the silver medal in the men's 57 kg event at the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

held in Gold Coast, Australia. He is the son of Olympic wrestler

Ray Takahashi Hugh Raymond Takahashi (born August 7, 1958) is a wrestler, judoka, coach, lecturer, and author who represented Canada in wrestling at the 1976 and 1984 Summer Olympic Games, the 1982 and 1983 Wrestling World Championships, the 1978 and 1982 Com ...

, nephew of Olympic judo competitor

Phil Takahashi Philip Masato Takahashi (June 12, 1957 – June 15, 2020) was a judoka from Canada, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics (1984 and 1988). He twice won a bronze medal at the Pan American Games during his car ...

and coach

Tina Takahashi Tina Takahashi is a judoka, coach, and author who won Canada's first ever gold medal in international Judo at the World University Games in 1984, and was Canada's first women's Olympic Judo coach in 1988, coaching Canada's first women's Judo O ...

, and grandson of influential judoka

Masao Takahashi Masao Takahashi (June 24, 1929 – February 14, 2020) was a Canadian judoka, author, coach, and founder of the Takahashi School of Martial Arts (Est. 1969) in Ottawa, Ontario. He was involved in judo for more than 70 years, and was ranked ''hachi ...

Career

He won one of the bronze medals in the men's freestyle 55 kg event at the

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...

held in Guadalajara, Mexico. In 2016, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 57 kg event at the

World University Wrestling Championships The World University Wrestling Championships, an international competition 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 g ...

held in Çorum, Turkey. In 2017, he won the gold medal in the men's 57 kg event at the 2017 Francophone Games held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

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* Living people 1992 births Place of birth missing (living people) Canadian male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in wrestling Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Wrestlers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 21st-century Canadian people Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{Canada-wrestling-bio-stub