Yushu Kitano
 Kitano (center) at the 1952 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
14 April 1930 Osaka Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
27 February 2016 (aged 85) Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yushu Kitano (14 April 1930 – 27 February 2016)[1] was a Japanese freestyle wrestler. He won silver medals at the 1952 Olympics, 1954 World Championships and 1954 Asian Games.[2][3] In retirement he worked as a wrestling coach and in this capacity attended the 1960 Olympics. In 2016, he died of a heart attack, aged 85.[1]
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- 1 2 Yushu Kitano's obituary. jiji.com (2016-04-01) (in Japanese)
- ↑ "Yushu Kitano". sports-reference. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
- ↑ Yushu Kitano. iat.uni-leipzig.de
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