Kiyomi Kato (加藤 喜代美, Katō Kiyomi, born March 8, 1948) is a retired Japanese flyweight freestyle wrestler. He won a gold medal at the 1972 Olympics and a silver medal at the 1970 Asian Games and placed sixth at the 1971 World Wrestling Championships.
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Born | Asahikawa, Japan[1] | August 20, 1948||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Sanshin Electronics Corporation | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kato lost to Mohammad Ghorbani at the 1970 Asian Games, but took revenge at the 1972 Olympics.[1][2]
References
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Kiyomi Kato (wrestler).
- ^ a b Kiyomi Kato. sports-reference.com
- ^ Kiyomi Kato. iat.uni-leipzig.de
External links
edit- Kiyomi Kato at the International Wrestling Database
- Kiyomi Kato at Olympedia