Masamitsu Ichiguchi

Masamitsu Ichiguchi (市口 政光, Ichiguchi Masamitsu, born January 12, 1940) is a retired Japanese wrestler. He competed in the Greco-Roman bantamweight event at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and finished in seventh and first place, respectively. Earlier in 1962 he won the world championships and Asian Games in the same event.[1][2]

Masamitsu Ichiguchi
Masamitsu Ichiguchi (top) at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1940-01-12) January 12, 1940
Osaka, Japan
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
SportGreco-Roman wrestling
Medal record
Men's wrestling (Greco-Roman)
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Bantamweight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1962 Toledo -57 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1962 Jakarta -57 kg

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Masamitsu Ichiguchi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
  2. "Ichiguchi, Masamitsu (JPN)". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.


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