Iwao Horiuchi Explained

Birth Date:9 December 1941
Birth Place:Toyama, Japan
Death Date:4 March 2015 (aged 73)
Height:1.63m (05.35feet)
Weight:70kg (150lb)
Sport:Freestyle wrestling
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Iwao Horiuchi (堀内 岩雄, 9 December 1941 – 4 March 2015) was a Japanese lightweight freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1964. He also won a world title in 1963 and finished second in 1966.[1] [2] He died of diabetes in March 2015, aged 63.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Iwao Horiuchi . sports-reference . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121024114930/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/iwao-horiuchi-1.html . 2012-10-24 .
  2. https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?spid=56E66255AF5140B6BF609909F20B11E6 Iwao Horiuchi
  3. News: 東京五輪レスリング銅メダルの堀内岩雄さん 糖尿病で死去 . 6 March 2015 . . Japanese . 19 June 2015.