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Yoshikatsu Yoshida

Yoshikatsu Yoshida at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1941-10-30) October 30, 1941 (age 83) Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport	Freestyle wrestling
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  Japan Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo 52 kg

Yoshikatsu Yoshida (吉田 義勝, Yoshida Yoshikatsu, born October 30, 1941) is a retired Japanese freestyle wrestler. He won gold medals in the 52 kg category at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Born in Hokkaido, Yoshida graduated from the Nihon University in Tokyo. After retiring from wrestling he left sport and worked for Meiji Dairies, eventually joining its board of directors.

Yoshikatsu Yoshida (吉田義勝) is often confused with Eikatsu Yoshida (吉田栄勝), a former national champion, and wrestling coach.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yoshikatsu Yoshida". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
2. "おかゆから学んだリーダーとは／レスリング・吉田義勝" (in Japanese). nikkansports.com. December 20, 2011. Retrieved 2019-10-09.

External links

• Media related to Yoshikatsu Yoshida at Wikimedia Commons
• Yoshikatsu Yoshida at the International Wrestling Database
• Yoshikatsu Yoshida at Olympedia (archive)
• Yoshikatsu Yoshida at Olympics.com
• Yoshikatsu Yoshida at Olympic.org (archived)

v t e Olympic Champions in freestyle flyweight
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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