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wrestler Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat spor ...

and Olympic champion in

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. He also won a gold medal at the 1967 World Wrestling Championships and at the 1966 Asian Games.

Olympics

Nakata 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 ''flyweight'' class."1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Wrestling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on September 11, 2008)

References

1945 births Living people Olympic wrestlers of Japan Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Japanese male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for Japan People from Asahikawa Olympic medalists in wrestling Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1966 Asian Games Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games World Wrestling Champions World Wrestling Championships medalists 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{japan-wrestling-bio-stub