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Yojiro Uetake (上武 洋次郎, Uetake Yōjirō, born January 12, 1943) is a Japanese wrestler and two-time Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling. He is considered the greatest wrestler in the history of Oklahoma State University, being the only Cowboy wrestler to have gone undefeated for the entirety of his college career, winning three NCAA Championships. Uetake was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma as a Distinguished Member in 1980.[1] In 2005, he was inducted into the FILA Hall of Fame.[2] He was inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.[3]

Yojiro Uetake

Medal record
Representing  Japan
Men's Freestyle wrestling
Olympic Games
	1964 Tokyo	Bantamweight
	1968 Mexico City	Bantamweight
Men's Collegiate wrestling
Representing Oklahoma State
NCAA Wrestling Championships
	1964 Ithaca	130 lb
	1965 Laramie	130 lb
	1966 Ames	130 lb

Life and career

Uetake had originally hoped to learn judo, but was considered too light. He later went on to became a high school wrestling national champion in Japan. The commissioner of the Japanese Wrestling Federation sent Uetake to the Oklahoma State University as a promise to head coach Myron Roderick. Roderick considered him "by far the best wrestler he ever saw or coached". While at Oklahoma State, Uetake was a three-time undefeated NCAA Champion. Later, Uetake went back to Japan as a coach.[4]

Olympics

Uetake competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where he won a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling in the bantamweight class.[5]

He also won a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[6] Despite suffering a separated shoulder in the second round while trailing 0-2, Uetake managed to even the score at 2-2 and ended up with the gold medal in the 57 kg division.

References

На других языках

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- [en] Yojiro Uetake

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[fr] Yojiro Uetake

Yojiro Uetake (né le 12 janvier 1943) est un lutteur japonais spécialiste de la lutte libre. Il participe aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1964 et aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1968 en combattant dans la catégorie des poids coq (52–57 kg) et remporte les deux fois le titre olympique[1].

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[it] Yojiro Uetake

Yojiro Uetake (上武 洋次郎 Uetake Yōjirō?; Tatebayashi, 12 gennaio 1943) è un ex lottatore giapponese, specializzato nella lotta libera.

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[ru] Уэтакэ, Ёдзиро

Ёдзиро Уэтакэ (яп. 上武 洋次郎 Уэтакэ Ё:дзиро:, род. 12 января 1943 года, Татебаяси, префектура Гумма, Япония); по выходе на пенсию изменил фамилию и стал Ёдзиро Обата — японский борец вольного стиля, двукратный чемпион Олимпийских игр [1]

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