Shinichi Yumoto

Shin'ichi Yumoto

Personal information
Native name	湯元進一
Nationality	Japanese
Born	4 December 1984 Wakayama, Japan
Height	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	55 kg freestyle
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Competitor for Japan Olympic Games 2012 London Men's freestyle 55 kg Asian Wrestling Championships 2010 New Delhi Men's freestyle 55 kg
Updated on 10 August 2012.

Shin'ichi Yumoto (湯元進一 Yumoto Shin'ichi) (born 4 December 1984 in Wakayama) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler.^[2] He competed in the 2009 World Wrestling Championships, reaching the round of 16. He competed in the 2011 World Wrestling Championships, reaching the quarterfinals. He competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal.^[3] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he lost to Vladimer Khinchegashvili in the semi-final.^[4] In the repechage, he defeated Radoslav Velikov in his bronze medal match.^[4]

Yumoto's twin brother Kenichi is also an Olympic medal winner in wrestling.^[5]

References

1. "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
2. "Shinichi Yumoto". london2012.com. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
3. "Men's 55kg Freestyle Bronze Medal". london2012.com. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
4. "Freestyle 55 kg results - Wrestling - London 2012 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
5. "Shinichi Yumoto Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-09-13.