Atsuji Miyahara

Atsuji Miyahara

Atsuji Miyahara , Japanese 宮 原 厚 次 , Miyahara Atsuji , (born December 20, 1958 ) is a former Japanese wrestler . He was an Olympic gold medalist in 1984 in the Greco-Roman style flyweight.

Career

Atsuji Miyahara only started wrestling in 1977 at the age of 19. He was a member of the Self-Defense Forces and a member of the Saitama Sports Club . His trainer was Kōichirō Hirayama. He only wrestled in the Greco-Roman style and with a height of 1.55 meters always in the flyweight, the weight class whose weight limit at that time was 52 kg, for which he had to train more than 5 kg before each competition.

He made his debut on the international wrestling mat in 1981 when he finished 4th at the University World Flyweight Championships in Budapest behind the world-class athletes Benur Paschajan , USSR , Nicu Gângă , Romania and Bang Dae-du , South Korea . A few months later he was runner- up in the flyweight division at the 1981 World Championships in Oslo . After four wins he lost there in the final against Wachtang Blagidze from the USSR.

Atsuji Miyahara was less successful at the World Championships in 1982 and 1983 in Katowice and Kiev , because he only finished 6th in the flyweight division and remained without a medal.

In 1984 he took advantage of the opportunity at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, which had arisen due to the lack of many strong wrestlers from the Eastern Bloc countries. He defeated the flyweight Mihai Cişmaş from Romania , Jean-Pierre Chambellan from France , Jon Rønningen from Norway , Bang Dae-du from South Korea and the surprisingly advanced Daniel Aceves from Mexico , whom he technically 9-3. Points safely dominated and won the Olympic gold medal .

In 1985 Atsuji Miyahara lost at the World Championships in Kolbotn in the final of his pool against Jon Rønningen and then lost, somewhat demotivated, the fight for the bronze medal against Mihai Cişmaş. Also in 1986 he lost the pool final to Jon Rønningen at the World Championships in Budapest , but this time he was victorious in the battle for the bronze medal against Valentin Krumow from Bulgaria.

The 1987 World Cup in Clermont-Ferrand was a catastrophe for him , as he was eliminated there after two defeats after the second round and ended up in 13th place, beaten. In return, the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul were once again a high point in his career. There he defeated the strong Soviet champion Alexander Ignatenko in the pool final after a hard fight with 4: 3 techn. Points and was in the fight for the gold medal against Jon Rønningen again , against whom he was relatively clear with 7:12 techn. Lost points. He won an Olympic silver medal with it after the gold medal in 1984 .

He then resigned and continued to work as a civilian in the Japanese armed forces.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
1981	4th	Universities World Cup in Budapest	To fly	behind Benur Paschajan , USSR , Nicu Gângă , Romania a . Bang Dae-du , South Korea
1981	2.	World Cup in Oslo	To fly	after victories over Wilfredo Leiva, USA , Askari Mohammadian , Iran , Jean-Pierre Chambellan, France a . Taisto Halonen , Finland a . a loss to Vakhtang Blagidze , USSR
1982	6th	World Cup in Katowice	To fly	behind Benur Paschajan , Ljubomir Zekow , Bulgaria , Bang Dae-du, Lajos Rácz , Hungary u. Stefan Marian, Romania
1982	1.	World Cup in Budapest	To fly	before Wachtang Blagidse u. Lajos Rácz
1983	6th	World Cup in Kiev	To fly	behind Benur Paschajan , Erol Kemah , Turkey , Ljubomir Zenow, Taisto Halonen, u. Roman Kierpacz , Poland
1984	gold	OS in Los Angeles	To fly	with victories over Mihai Cișmaș , Romania, Jean-Pierre Chambellan, France, Jon Rønningen , Norway , Bang Dae-du u. Daniel Aceves , Mexico
1985	4th	World Cup in Kolbotn	To fly	behind Jon Rønningen , Minsait Tasetdinow , USSR a. Mihai Cișmaș, before Roman Kierpacz a . Welin Dogandidki, Bulgaria
1986	3.	World Cup in Budapest	To fly	behind Sergei Djudajew , USSR a. Jon Rønningen, in front of Walentin Krumow , Bulgaria, Tibor Jankovics , CSSR a. Roman Kierpacz
1986	1.	Asia Games in Seoul	To fly	before Georgi Kachabrischwili, Iran a. Lee Jin-hi, South Korea
1987	13.	World Cup in Clermont-Ferrand	To fly	Winner: Pedro Roque Favier , Cuba ahead of Roman Kierpacz u. Alexander Ignatenko , USSR
1988	silver	OS in Seoul	To fly	with victories over Serge Robert , France, Abdul Karim Kakahaji, Iran, Esa Murtuoaru, Finland, Christo Filichew, Bulgaria, Tibor Jankovics u. Alexander Ignatenko u. a loss to Jon Rønningen

Note: all competitions in the Greco-Roman style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships, flyweight, back then up to 52 kg body weight

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• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig
• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Atsuji Miyahara at the Institute for Applied Exercise Science
• Atsuji Miyahara in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )