Osamu Watanabe
Japanese freestyle wrestler
Osamu Watanabe at the 1964 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1940-10-21)October 21, 1940 Wassamu, Hokkaido, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | October 1, 2022(2022-10-01) (aged 81) Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Chuo University[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Osamu Watanabe (渡辺 長武, Watanabe Osamu, October 21, 1940–October 1, 2022) was a Japanese freestyle wrestler. In 1962, he debuted internationally and retired shortly after the 1964 Olympics. During his brief career Watanabe won all his few hundred bouts.[2] He is considered one of the best wrestlers in Olympic history.[3]
In the early 2000s Watanabe resumed competing internationally in the masters category.[4] He died of a heart attack on October 1, 2022.[5]
References
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- 1904 Benjamin Bradshaw (USA)
- 1908 George Dole (USA)
- 1920 Charles Ackerly (USA)
- 1924 Robin Reed (USA)
- 1928 Allie Morrison (USA)
- 1932 Hermanni Pihlajamäki (FIN)
- 1936 Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN)
- 1948 Gazanfer Bilge (TUR)
- 1952 Bayram Şit (TUR)
- 1956 Shozo Sasahara (JPN)
- 1960 Mustafa Dağıstanlı (TUR)
- 1964 Osamu Watanabe (JPN)
- 1968 Masaaki Kaneko (JPN)
- 1972 Zagalav Abdulbekov (URS)
- 1976 Yang Jung-mo (KOR)
- 1980 Magomedgasan Abushev (URS)
- 1984 Randall Lewis (USA)
- 1988 John Smith (USA)
- 1992 John Smith (USA)
- 1996 Tom Brands (USA)
- 2000 Murad Umakhanov (RUS)
- 2004 Yandro Quintana (CUB)
- 2008 Mavlet Batirov (RUS)
- 2012 Toghrul Asgarov (AZE)
- 1904: 61.33 kg
- 1908: 60.3 kg
- 1920–1936: 61 kg
- 1948–1960: 62 kg
- 1964–1968: 63 kg
- 1972–1996: 62 kg
- 2000: 63 kg
- 2004–2012: 60 kg
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