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Born | [1] Toronto, Ontario | August 7, 1958
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1] |
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) (2012)[1] |
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Country | Canada |
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Rank | Sandan |
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Updated on 3 September 2012. |
Ray Takahashi (born 7 August 1958) is a wrestler, judoka, coach, lecturer, and author who represented Canada in wrestling at the 1976 and 1984 Summer Olympic Games, the 1982 and 1983 Wrestling World Championships, the 1978 and 1982 Commonwealth Games, and the 1983 Pan-American Games. Takahashi won gold in the Flyweight division at the Commonwealth Games, and placed fourth at his second Olympic Games.[1] He holds 16 Canadian national wrestling titles and was inducted into the Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1991. He is also ranked san-dan (third-degree black belt) in the Japanese martial art Judo, the son of noted Canadian judoka Masao Takahashi and June Takahashi, and the brother of fellow Olympian Phil Takahashi and Olympic coach Tina Takahashi.[2]
Takahashi is currently a Lecturer in Kinesiology and the Head Coach of the men's and women's wrestling teams at the University of Western Ontario.[3] In 2005 he co-authored a book titled Mastering Judo with his parents and three siblings, and is credited with researching and writing the first draft of the book.[4]
Publications
- Takahashi, Masao; Family (2005). Mastering Judo. Windsor, Ontario: Human Kinetics. ISBN 073605099X.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "Ray Takahashi Biography and Olympic Results". Sports Reference website. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ^ Takahashi, Masao; Family (2005). Mastering Judo. Windsor, Ontario: Human Kinetics. p. 213. ISBN 073605099X.
- ^ "Ray Takahashi". Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario webpage. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ^ Takahashi, Masao; Family (2005). Mastering Judo. Windsor, Ontario: Human Kinetics. pp. vii. ISBN 073605099X.
External links
Video
- Interview with Takahashi, Part2 (Public History Canada on YouTube)
- 1983 Canadian Wrestling Championships Television Special featuring Takahashi, Part 2 (49 North Wrestling on YouTube)
- Canadian judoka
- Male judoka
- Canadian sport wrestlers
- Olympic wrestlers of Canada
- Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Male sport wrestlers
- Wrestlers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Wrestlers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
- 1958 births
- Living people
- Canadian people of Japanese descent
- Sportspeople from Toronto
- Western Ontario Mustangs players
- University of Western Ontario faculty
- Canadian sportspeople of Asian descent