Medal record | ||
---|---|---|
Men's freestyle wrestling | ||
Representing Japan | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1968 Mexico City | 52 kg | |
World Championships | ||
1967 Bucharest | 52 kg | |
Asian Games | ||
1966 Bangkok | 52 kg |
Shigeo Nakata (中田 茂男, Nakata Shigeo, born 16 October 1945 in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō)[1] is a Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling. He also won a gold medal at the 1967 World Wrestling Championships and at the 1966 Asian Games.[2]
Nakata competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the flyweight class.[3]