Masamitsu Ichiguchi

Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler

Masamitsu Ichiguchi

Masamitsu Ichiguchi (top) at the 1960 Olympics

Personal information
Born|  (1940-01-12) January 12, 1940 (age 83)
Osaka, Japan
Height| 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
Sport| Greco-Roman wrestling

Medal record

Men's wrestling (Greco-Roman)
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
|  1964 Tokyo | Bantamweight
World Championships
|  1962 Toledo | -57 kg
Asian Games
|  1962 Jakarta | -57 kg

Masamitsu Ichiguchi (市口 政光, Ichiguchi Masamitsu, born January 12, 1940) is a retired Japanese wrestler. He competed in the Greco-Roman bantamweight event at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and finished in seventh and first place, respectively. Earlier in 1962 he won the world championships and Asian Games in the same event.[1][2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Masamitsu Ichiguchi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
2. ^ "Ichiguchi, Masamitsu (JPN)". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.

## External links[edit]

* Masamitsu Ichiguchi at the International Wrestling Database
* Masamitsu Ichiguchi at Olympedia

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Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman bantamweight

* 1924 Eduard Pütsep (EST)
* 1928 Kurt Leucht (GER)
* 1932 Jakob Brendel (GER)
* 1936 Márton Lőrincz (HUN)
* 1948 Kurt Pettersén (SWE)
* 1952 Imre Hódos (HUN)
* 1956 Konstantin Vyrupayev (URS)
* 1960 Oleg Karavayev (URS)
* 1964 Masamitsu Ichiguchi (JPN)
* 1968 János Varga (HUN)
* 1972 Rustam Kazakov (URS)
* 1976 Pertti Ukkola (FIN)
* 1980 Shamil Serikov (URS)
* 1984 Pasquale Passarelli (FRG)
* 1988 András Sike (HUN)
* 1992 An Han-bong (KOR)
* 1996 Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ)
* 2000 Armen Nazaryan (BUL)
* 2004 István Majoros (HUN)
* 2008 Nazyr Mankiev (RUS)
* 2012 Hamid Sourian (IRI)
* 2016 Ismael Borrero (CUB)
* 2020 Luis Orta (CUB)

* 1924–1928: 58 kg
* 1932–1936: 56 kg
* 1948–1996: 57 kg
* 2000: 58 kg
* 2004–2012: 55 kg
* 2016: 59 kg
* 2020–present: 60 kg

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Asian Games Champions in Wrestling – Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

* 1962:  Masamitsu Ichiguchi (JPN)
* 1974:  Hossein Touranian (IRN)
* 1986:  Shunji Nakadome (JPN)
* 1990:  Shi Jin-chul (KOR)
* 1994:  Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ)
* 1998:  Kim In-sub (KOR)
* 2002:  Asset Imanbayev (KAZ)
* 2006:  Jiao Huafeng (CHN)
* 2010:  Kohei Hasegawa (JPN)
* 2014:  Kohei Hasegawa (JPN)
* 2018:  Shinobu Ota (JPN)

* 1962–1994: 57 kg
* 1998: 58 kg
* 2002–2010: 55 kg
* 2014: 59 kg
* 2018–present: 60 kg

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