Yoshikatsu Yoshida
![]() Yoshikatsu Yoshida at the 1964 Olympics | |||||||||||||||
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Born | (1941-10-30) October 30, 1941 (age 82) Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||
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Yoshikatsu Yoshida (吉田 義勝, Yoshida Yoshikatsu, born October 30, 1941) is a retired Japanese freestyle wrestler. He won gold medals in the 52 kg category at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1]
Born in Hokkaido, Yoshida graduated from the Nihon University in Tokyo. After retiring from wrestling he left sport and worked for Meiji Dairies, eventually joining its board of directors.[2]
Yoshikatsu Yoshida (吉田義勝) is often confused with Eikatsu Yoshida (吉田栄勝), a former national champion, and wrestling coach.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yoshikatsu Yoshida". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
- ^ "おかゆから学んだリーダーとは/レスリング・吉田義勝" (in Japanese). nikkansports.com. December 20, 2011. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
External links
Media related to Yoshikatsu Yoshida at Wikimedia Commons
- Yoshikatsu Yoshida at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- Yoshikatsu Yoshida at Olympedia
- Yoshikatsu Yoshida at Olympics.com
- Yoshikatsu Yoshida at Olympic.org (archived)
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- 1904:
George Mehnert (USA)
- 1948:
Lennart Viitala (FIN)
- 1952:
Hasan Gemici (TUR)
- 1956:
Mirian Tsalkalamanidze (URS)
- 1960:
Ahmet Bilek (TUR)
- 1964:
Yoshikatsu Yoshida (JPN)
- 1968:
Shigeo Nakata (JPN)
- 1972:
Kiyomi Kato (JPN)
- 1976:
Yuji Takada (JPN)
- 1980:
Anatoly Beloglazov (URS)
- 1984:
Šaban Trstena (YUG)
- 1988:
Mitsuru Sato (JPN)
- 1992:
Ri Hak-son (PRK)
- 1996:
Valentin Yordanov (BUL)
- 2000:
Namig Abdullayev (AZE)
- 1904: 52.16 kg
- 1948–1996: 52 kg
- 2000: 54 kg
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