Sanshiro Abe
Appearance
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Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Tokyo, Japan | 12 May 1970||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle and Folkstyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Penn State | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sanshiro Abe, also known as Sonny Abe[1] (阿部 三子郎, Abe Sanshirō, born 12 May 1970) is a Japanese former wrestler. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he finished in ninth place in the 57kg freestyle class.[2]
Abe competed collegiately for Penn State, where he was an NCAA champion and four-time All-American. He garnered NCAA All-American honors by finishing 4th, 3rd, 2nd and 1st, respectively, at consecutive NCAA Wrestling Championships.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Sonny Abe". Olympedia. OLYMadMen. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sonny Abe Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
External links
[edit]- Sanshiro Abe at Olympics.com
- Sanshiro Abe at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)