Kohei Hasegawa Explained

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Kohei Hasegawa
Birth Date:22 November 1984
Birth Place:Yaizu, Shizuoka, Japan
Weight:550NaN0
Sport:Wrestling
Event:Greco-Roman
Club:Fukuichi Gyogyo Co. Ltd.
Coach:Hiroshi Ohta
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is an amateur Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's featherweight category.[1] [2] He won two gold medals in his division at the 2009 Asian Wrestling Championships in Pattaya, Thailand, and at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, defeating India's Jogender Singh and pinning Kyrgyzstan's Kanybek Zholchubekov, respectively.[3] [4] Hasegawa is also a member of the wrestling team for Fukuichi Gyogyo Co. Ltd., and is coached and trained by Hiroshi Ohta.[1]

Hasegawa represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men's 55 kg class. He defeated Belarus' Elbek Tazhyieu in the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing out the quarterfinal match to Danish wrestler and two-time Olympian Håkan Nyblom, who was able to score four points in two straight periods, leaving Hasegawa without a single point.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kohei Hasegawa. London 2012. 7 February 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130402052510/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/hasegawa-kohei-1017523/. 2 April 2013.
  2. Kohei Hasegawa. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417213018/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/kohei-hasegawa-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 7 February 2013.
  3. News: Smaal . Rob . Wrestling: Japanese wrestlers go high-tech in quest for gold . . 10 September 2011 . 7 February 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130214004114/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/sports/topics/AJ201109109596 . 14 February 2013 .
  4. News: Date Krumm loses chance at Asian Games gold . https://archive.today/20130413131451/http://info.japantimes.co.jp/text/st20101122a1.html . dead . 13 April 2013 . . 22 November 2010 . 7 February 2013 .
  5. Web site: Men's 55kg Greco-Roman Quarterfinals. London 2012. 6 February 2013. 11 April 2013. https://archive.today/20130411081512/www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/men-greco-roman-55kg/match=wrm155301/index.html. dead.