Yuji Takada (wrestler)

Yuji Takada
Medal record
Competitor for  Japan
Men's Freestyle wrestling
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal Flyweight
1984 Los Angeles Flyweight
World Championships
1974 Istanbul 52 kg
1975 Minsk 52 kg
1977 Lausanne 52 kg
1979 San Diego 52 kg
1973 Tehran 52 kg
In this Japanese name, the family name is Takada.

Yuji Takada (高田 裕司 Takada Yūji) (born 17 February 1954, in Ota, Gunma) is a Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling.

Olympics

Takada competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the light flyweight class.[1] He received a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

World championships

Takada won gold medals at the FILA Wrestling World Championships in 1974, 1975, 1977 and 1979.

References

  1. "1976 Summer Olympics Montreal, Canada Wrestling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 11 September 2008)


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