Osamu Watanabe
Japanese freestyle wrestler
![]() Osamu Watanabe at the 1964 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1940-10-21)October 21, 1940 Wassamu, Hokkaido, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | October 1, 2022(2022-10-01) (aged 81) Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Chuo University[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Osamu Watanabe (渡辺 長武, Watanabe Osamu, October 21, 1940–October 1, 2022) was a Japanese freestyle wrestler. In 1962, he debuted internationally and retired shortly after the 1964 Olympics. During his brief career Watanabe won all his few hundred bouts.[2] He is considered one of the best wrestlers in Olympic history.[3]
In the early 2000s Watanabe resumed competing internationally in the masters category.[4] He died of a heart attack on October 1, 2022.[5]
References
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- 1904:
Benjamin Bradshaw (USA)
- 1908:
George Dole (USA)
- 1920:
Charles Ackerly (USA)
- 1924:
Robin Reed (USA)
- 1928:
Allie Morrison (USA)
- 1932:
Hermanni Pihlajamäki (FIN)
- 1936:
Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN)
- 1948:
Gazanfer Bilge (TUR)
- 1952:
Bayram Şit (TUR)
- 1956:
Shozo Sasahara (JPN)
- 1960:
Mustafa Dağıstanlı (TUR)
- 1964:
Osamu Watanabe (JPN)
- 1968:
Masaaki Kaneko (JPN)
- 1972:
Zagalav Abdulbekov (URS)
- 1976:
Yang Jung-mo (KOR)
- 1980:
Magomedgasan Abushev (URS)
- 1984:
Randall Lewis (USA)
- 1988:
John Smith (USA)
- 1992:
John Smith (USA)
- 1996:
Tom Brands (USA)
- 2000:
Murad Umakhanov (RUS)
- 2004:
Yandro Quintana (CUB)
- 2008:
Mavlet Batirov (RUS)
- 2012:
Toghrul Asgarov (AZE)
- 1904: 61.33 kg
- 1908: 60.3 kg
- 1920–1936: 61 kg
- 1948–1960: 62 kg
- 1964–1968: 63 kg
- 1972–1996: 62 kg
- 2000: 63 kg
- 2004–2012: 60 kg
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