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Norikatsu Saikawa | |
Birth Date: | 11 March 1986 |
Birth Place: | Sano, Tochigi, Japan |
Weight: | 960NaN0 |
Sport: | Wrestling |
Event: | Greco-Roman |
Club: | Ryomo Yakult |
Coach: | Shingo Matsumoto |
Show-Medals: | yes |
is an amateur Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's heavyweight category.[1] [2] He won a silver medal for the 84 kg division at the 2010 Asian Wrestling Championships in Delhi, India, losing out to South Korea's Lee Se-Yeol.[3] Saikawa is also a member of Ryomo Yakult Wrestling Club, and is coached and trained by former Asian Games light heavyweight champion and two-time Olympian Shingo Matsumoto.[1]
Saikawa represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed for the men's 96 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Sweden's Jimmy Lidberg, who was able to score three points in two straight periods, leaving Saikawa without a single point.[4]