Shingo Matsumoto Explained

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Shingo Matsumoto
Birth Date:3 March 1978
Birth Place:Uwajima, Ehime, Japan
Height:175 cm
Weight:84 kg
Sport:Wrestling
Event:Greco-Roman
Club:Ichimiya Transport Sports Club
Coach:Hideo Fujimoto
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is an amateur Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's light heavyweight category.[1] He won a gold and a bronze medal for his division at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, and at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.[2] [3]

Matsumoto made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he placed second in the preliminary pool of the men's 84 kg class, against Sweden's Ara Abrahamian, Slovakia's Attila Bátky, and Kyrgyzstan's Janarbek Kenjeev.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Matsumoto competed for the second time in the men's 84 kg class, by receiving a qualifying place from the Asian Wrestling Championships in Jeju City, South Korea.[4] He lost the qualifying round match to Armenia's Denis Forov, with a two-set technical score (2–4, 0–6), and a classification point score of 1–3.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Shingo Matsumoto. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417212043/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/shingo-matsumoto-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 19 January 2013.
  2. News: Inoue tops in open-weight judo. Japan Times Online. 5 October 2002. 19 January 2013.
  3. News: Asian Games: Narisako hurdles, Sawano vaults, Ikeda leaps to gold in Doha. Japan Times Online. 12 December 2006. 19 January 2013.
  4. News: Matsumoto secures Olympic berth. Japan Times Online. 23 March 2008. 19 January 2013.
  5. Web site: Men's Greco-Roman 84kg (185 lbs) Qualification Official. NBC Olympics. 19 January 2013.