Tsutomu Hanahara (花原 勉, Hanahara Tsutomu, January 3, 1940 – February 5, 2024[1]) was a Japanese wrestler who won a gold medal in the flyweight class at the 1964 Olympics.[2] He competed at the 1958 and 1967 world championships and finished in sixth and third place, respectively.[3]
 Hanahara at the 1964 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | January 3, 1940 Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | February 5, 2024 (aged 84) Suginami, Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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References
edit- ^ "レスリング金の花原勉さん死去 ６４年東京五輪グレコローマン". Tokyo Web. 6 February 2024. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tsutomu Hanahara". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ "Hanahara, Tsutomu (JPN)". iat.uni-leipzig.de. International Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on April 1, 2016.
External links
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Media related to Tsutomu Hanahara at Wikimedia Commons- Tsutomu Hanahara at the International Wrestling Database
- Tsutomu Hanahara at Olympedia
- Tsutomu Hanahara at Olympics.com
- Tsutomu Hanahara at Olympic.org (archived)
- Tsutomu Hanahara at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
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