Osamu Watanabe

Osamu Watanabe

Osamu Watanabe at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1940-10-21) October 21, 1940 Wassamu, Hokkaido, Japan
Alma mater	Chuo University[1]
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Freestyle wrestling
Medal record Representing  Japan Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Featherweight World Championships 1962 Toledo -63 kg 1963 Sofia -63 kg Asian Games 1962 Jakarta -63 kg

Osamu Watanabe (渡辺 長武, Watanabe Osamu, born on October 21, 1940) is a retired Japanese freestyle wrestler. In 1962, he debuted internationally and retired shortly after the 1964 Olympics. During his brief career Watanabe won all his few hundred bouts^[2] without losing a single point. This achievement remains unmatched in any type of competitive wrestling, as reflected in the Guinness World Records.^[1][3][4]

In the early 2000s Watanabe resumed competing internationally in the masters category.^[5]

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