Shigeo Nakata Explained

[1] is a Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling. He also won a gold medal at the 1967 World Wrestling Championships and at the 1966 Asian Games.[2]

Olympics

Nakata competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the flyweight class.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417211404/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/shigeo-nakata-1.html Sports Reference
  2. Web site: Nakata, Shigeo (JPN). International Wrestling Database. 2019-11-03. 2021-06-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20210603152121/https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrestling/daten.php?spid=40CE418296A347BF8DE7D8B0A899B3F1. dead.
  3. http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=17&sp=WRE "1968 Summer Olympics  - Mexico City, Mexico  - Wrestling"