Shigeo Nakata

Shigeo Nakata (中田 茂男, Nakata Shigeo, born 16 October 1945 in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō)[1] is a Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling. He also won a gold medal at the 1967 World Wrestling Championships and at the 1966 Asian Games.[2]

Shigeo Nakata
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City 52 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1967 Bucharest 52 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1966 Bangkok 52 kg

Olympics

Nakata competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the flyweight class.[3]

References
  1. Sports Reference
  2. "Nakata, Shigeo (JPN)". International Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  3. "1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Wrestling" Archived 2008-09-29 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on September 11, 2008)
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