Kohei Hasegawa

Kohei Hasegawa

Personal information
Nationality	Japan
Born	22 November 1984 Yaizu, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	Greco-Roman
Club	Fukuichi Gyogyo Co. Ltd.[1]
Coached by	Hiroshi Ohta[1]
Medal record Men's Greco-Roman wrestling Competitor for  Japan Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou 55 kg Asian Championships 2009 Pattaya 55 kg 2008 Jeju City 55 kg

Kohei Hasegawa (長谷川 康平 Hasegawa Kōhei, born November 22, 1984 in Yaizu, Shizuoka) is an amateur Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's featherweight category.^[1][2] He won two gold medals in his division at the 2009 Asian Wrestling Championships in Pattaya, Thailand, and at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, defeating India's Jogender Singh and pinning Kyrgyzstan's Kanybek Zholchubekov, respectively.^[3][4] Hasegawa is also a member of the wrestling team for Fukuichi Gyogyo Co. Ltd., and is coached and trained by Hiroshi Ohta.^[1]

Hasegawa represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men's 55 kg class. He defeated Belarus' Elbek Tazhyieu in the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing out the quarterfinal match to Danish wrestler and two-time Olympian Håkan Nyblom, who was able to score four points in two straight periods, leaving Hasegawa without a single point.^[5]

References

1. "Kohei Hasegawa". London 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
2. "Kohei Hasegawa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
3. Smaal, Rob (10 September 2011). "Wrestling: Japanese wrestlers go high-tech in quest for gold". Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
4. "Date Krumm loses chance at Asian Games gold". The Japan Times. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
5. "Men's 55kg Greco-Roman Quarterfinals". London 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.

External links

• Profile – International Wrestling Database
• NBC Olympics Profile