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Yuji Takada (wrestler)

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Yuji Takada
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Men's Freestyle wrestling
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal Flyweight
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles Flyweight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1974 Istanbul 52 kg
Gold medal – first place 1975 Minsk 52 kg
Gold medal – first place 1977 Lausanne 52 kg
Gold medal – first place 1979 San Diego 52 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1973 Tehran 52 kg

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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)