Shin'ichi Yumoto Explained
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| Shinichi Yumoto |
| Native Name: | 湯元進一 |
| Birth Date: | 1984 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Wakayama, Japan |
| Height: | 164cm (65inches)[1] |
| Weight: | 63kg (139lb) |
| Sport: | Wrestling |
| Weight Class: | 55 kg |
| Event: | Freestyle |
| Club: | Wrestling Club of Defense Forces;Saitama |
| Coach: | Hironichi Ito |
| Worlds: | 8th(2011) |
| Regionals: | (2010) |
| Olympics: | (2012) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
(born 4 December 1984 in Wakayama) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler.[2] He competed in the 2009 World Wrestling Championships, reaching the round of 16. He competed in the 2011 World Wrestling Championships, reaching the quarterfinals. He competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal.[3] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he lost to Vladimer Khinchegashvili in the semi-final.[4] In the repechage, he defeated Radoslav Velikov in his bronze medal match.
Yumoto's twin brother Kenichi is also an Olympic medal winner in wrestling.[5]
Notes and References
- Web site: Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics. joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. 17 January 2014.
- Web site: Shinichi Yumoto. 10 August 2012. london2012.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120810150028/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/yumoto-shinichi-1017965/. 10 August 2012.
- Web site: Men's 55kg Freestyle Bronze Medal. 10 August 2012. london2012.com. 28 January 2013. https://archive.today/20130128023823/http://www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/men-freestyle-55kg/match=wrm255252/index.html?v=20120810-190505384. dead.
- Web site: Freestyle 55 kg results - Wrestling - London 2012 Olympics. www.olympic.org. 13 September 2015.
- Web site: Shinichi Yumoto Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417213013/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/yu/shinichi-yumoto-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. 13 September 2015.
