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Kazuhito Sakae

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Kazuhito Sakae
Kazuhito Sakae with Saori Yoshida at the 2008 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1960-06-19) June 19, 1960 (age 64)
Amami, Kagoshima, Japan
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Freestyle wrestling
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Clermont-Ferrand 62 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 1986 Seoul 62 kg
Asian Wrestling Championships
Gold medal – first place 1983 Tehran 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 1989 Oarai 62 kg
Greco-Roman wrestling
Asian Wrestling Championships
Silver medal – second place 1983 Tehran 62 kg

Kazuhito Sakae (栄 和人, Sakae Kazuhito, born June 19, 1960) is a Japanese wrestling coach and retired wrestler who won several medals in the 62 kg category at the Asian and world level between 1983 and 1989. Remarkably, at the 1983 Asian Wrestling Championships, he won a gold medal in the freestyle wrestling and a silver in the Greco-Roman wrestling.[1][2] After retiring from competitions he worked as a national coach, training Saori Yoshida, Kaori Icho, Hitomi Obara, Chiharu Icho and Eri Tosaka, among others.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kazuhito Sakae". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
  2. ^ Sakae, Kazuhito (JPN). iat.uni-leipzig.de


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