Hideaki Yanagida

Hideaki Yanagida (柳田 英明, Yanagida Hideaki, born 1 January 1947) is a retired Japanese bantamweight freestyle wrestler. He won his event at the 1970 Asian Games, 1970 and 1971 world championships and 1972 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Hideaki Yanagida
Yanagida on a stamp of Umm al-Quwain
Personal information
Born (1947-01-01) 1 January 1947
Hatirogata, Akita Prefecture, Japan
Height159 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
SportFreestyle wrestling
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
1972 Munich -57 kg
World Championships
1970 Edmonton-57 kg
1971 Sofia-57 kg
Asian Games
1970 Bangkok-57 kg

Life and career

He felt extremely pressured to perform well at the 1972 Olympics, and thus complained of an early burnout. He retired right after winning gold and became the coach of the national team in 1973 up until the 1976 Summer Olympics. He was then working in his home town for the family business (a liquor shop) and in 1983 was invited to coach the Korean national team up to the 1988 Summer Olympics. Since 1993, he has been coaching wrestlers in his home town.[3] As a coach, he advised Mitsuru Sato who later won gold at the 1988 Olympics, to attend Nippon Sport Science University.[4]

References
  1. Hideaki Yanagida Archived 3 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  2. Yanagida, Hideaki (JPN). uni-leipzig.de
  3. "聖火は今も《上》「褒めて伸ばす」指導一貫". 読売新聞秋田版 (in Japanese). 10 October 2018. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  4. "五輪代表奪った先輩に指導され成就／レスリング・佐藤満" (in Japanese). Nikkansports.com. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2019.


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