Kiyomi Kato (wrestler)
Japanese freestyle wrestler
Kato (left) vs. Ghorbani at the 1972 Olympics | |
Personal information | |
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Born | (1948-08-20) August 20, 1948 (age 76) Asahikawa, Japan[1] |
Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Freestyle wrestling |
Club | Sanshin Electronics Corporation |
Kiyomi Kato (加藤 喜代美, Katō Kiyomi, born March 8, 1948) is a retired Japanese flyweight freestyle wrestler. He won a gold medal at the 1972 Olympics and a silver medal at the 1970 Asian Games and placed sixth at the 1971 World Wrestling Championships.
Kato lost to Mohammad Ghorbani at the 1970 Asian Games, but took revenge at the 1972 Olympics.[1][2]
References
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External links
- Kiyomi Kato at the International Wrestling Database
- Kiyomi Kato at Olympedia
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- 1904: George Mehnert (USA)
- 1948: Lennart Viitala (FIN)
- 1952: Hasan Gemici (TUR)
- 1956: Mirian Tsalkalamanidze (URS)
- 1960: Ahmet Bilek (TUR)
- 1964: Yoshikatsu Yoshida (JPN)
- 1968: Shigeo Nakata (JPN)
- 1972: Kiyomi Kato (JPN)
- 1976: Yuji Takada (JPN)
- 1980: Anatoly Beloglazov (URS)
- 1984: Šaban Trstena (YUG)
- 1988: Mitsuru Sato (JPN)
- 1992: Ri Hak-son (PRK)
- 1996: Valentin Yordanov (BUL)
- 2000: Namig Abdullayev (AZE)
- 1904: 52.16 kg
- 1948–1996: 52 kg
- 2000: 54 kg
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