Shin'ichi Yumoto

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Shinichi Yumoto
Personal information
Native name湯元進一
Nationality Japan
Born (1984-12-04) 4 December 1984 (age 36)
Wakayama, Japan
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country Japan
SportWrestling
Weight class55 kg
Event(s)Freestyle
ClubWrestling Club of Defense Forces;Saitama
Coached byHironichi Ito
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Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
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Bronze medal – third place 2012 London 55 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 New Delhi 55 kg
Golgen Grand Prix Ivan Yrygin
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Krasnoyarsk 55 kg

Shin'ichi Yumoto (湯元進一, Yumoto Shin'ichi) (born 4 December 1984 in Wakayama) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler.[2] He competed in the 2009 World Wrestling Championships, reaching the round of 16. He competed in the 2011 World Wrestling Championships, reaching the quarterfinals. He competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal.[3] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he lost to Vladimer Khinchegashvili in the semi-final.[4] In the repechage, he defeated Radoslav Velikov in his bronze medal match.[4]

Yumoto's twin brother Kenichi is also an Olympic medal winner in wrestling.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Shinichi Yumoto". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Men's 55kg Freestyle Bronze Medal". london2012.com. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Freestyle 55 kg results - Wrestling - London 2012 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Shinichi Yumoto Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2015.

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