Sosuke Takatani
Sosuke Takatani (高谷 惣亮, Takatani Sōsuke, born April 5, 1989)
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Nickname(s) | Tackle Prince[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Kyōtango, Kyoto, Japan | 5 April 1989|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 86 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | ALSOK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Masanori Ohashi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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is an amateur Japanese freestyle wrestler, who competes in the middleweight category (under 74 kg).[1][2]
Takatani represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but was eliminated in the qualifying round.[3]
At the 2016 Olympics he reached the quarterfinals, beating Talgat Ilyasov and Zelimkhan Khadjiev before losing to Galymzhan Userbayev.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b "Sosuke Takatani". London 2012. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sosuke Takatani". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Men's 74kg Freestyle Qualification". London 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
External links[]
- NBC Olympics Profile
- Sosuke Takatani at United World Wrestling
- Sosuke Takatani at Olympedia
- Sosuke Takatani at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Japanese male sport wrestlers
- Olympic wrestlers of Japan
- Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- People from Kyoto Prefecture
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Japanese sport wrestler stubs