Katsuhiko Nagata

Katsuhiko Nagata (born October 31, 1973 in Tōgane , Chiba Prefecture ) is a former Japanese wrestler . He won a silver medal in the Greco-Roman style in the lightweight at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney .

Career

Katsuhiko Nagata started wrestling at Seito High School in Chiba in 1989, when she was 16. During his high school years, he could not achieve greater success. He then joined the Tokon Club of New Japan Pro Wrestling Chiba, where he was trained by his father Yuji Nagata. He wrestles exclusively in the Greco-Roman style and reached the top Japanese class of wrestlers in this style in 1997, i.e. only at the age of 24. He is a company employee.

In 1997 he was the first Japanese lightweight champion. He won this title from 1998 to 2002, from 1998 to 2001 in the lightweight and 2002 in the welterweight division. In 2003 he came in 2nd place and in 2004 3rd place in the welterweight division.

The international career of Katsuhiko Nagata began in 1997 with a 2nd place in the lightweight at the East Asia Games in Pusan ​​behind Son Sang-pil , South Korea. In the same year he started at a world championship for the first time. In Wrocław he came in the lightweight after a defeat against Waghinak Galstjan, Armenia, to victories over Andrei Nikiforow, Kazakhstan and Mattias Schoberg, Sweden, but then lost to Mecnun Guler, Turkey, which he was eliminated and only finished 16th.

Also at the World Championships in 1998 in Gaevle / Sweden and 1999 in Athens he could not place in the front field. In 1998 he came in 23rd place and in 1999 only in 30th place. At the Asian Games in 1998 in Bangkok he reached a 7th place in the lightweight.

Due to the enormously complex qualification mode of the International Wrestling Federation (FILA) for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Katsuhiro Nagata had to contest four qualification tournaments in Faenza, Clermont-Ferrand, Tashkent and Colorado Springs in spring 2000 before he finally won the Had achieved qualification for the Games in Sydney. Before these games, he was Asian lightweight champion in Seoul in May 2000, ahead of Hadie Zeinvand, Iran and Zhang Xiling, China. Luck was at his side at the Olympic Games. In his pool were Ruslan Biktjakow from Uzbekistan and Heath Sims from Canada. These three wrestlers defeated each other (Nagata won against Biktjakow and lost to Sims). But the best points ratio had Katsuhiko Nagata, who became the pool winner. He was already in the semifinals, in which he defeated the Russian Alexei Gluschkow . In the final he was defeated by Filiberto Ascuy Aguilera from Cuba and won the silver medal.

In 2001 he won the East Asian Games in Osaka in front of Choi Duk-hoon, South Korea and Saiyi Njiya from China and at the Asian Games in Pusan ​​in 2002, he finished 5th in the welterweight division. At the World Championships in 2001, 2002 and 2003, he only finished in the middle. In 2004 he came at the Asian Championships in Alma-Ata welterweight on the 4th place and thus qualified for participation in the Olympic Games this year in Athens. In Athens he lost both fights he fought and only finished 16th. Then he ended his career.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
1997	2.	East Asia Games in Pusan ​​/ South Korea	Light	behind Son Sang-pil, South Korea, in front of Mchitar Manukjan, Kazakhstan
1997	16.	World Cup in Wrocław	Light	after a defeat against Waghinak Galstjan, Armenia, victories against Andrei Nikiforow, Kazakhstan and Mattias Schoberg, Sweden and a defeat against Mecnun Culer, Turkey
1998	23.	World Cup in Gaevle / Sweden	Light	after a win over Ari Härkänen , Finland and a loss to Rustam Aji , Ukraine
1998	7th	Asia Games in Bangkok	Light	after defeating Apisit Buain, Thailand and losing to Son Sang-pil and Jong Kon-I, North Korea
1999	30th	World Cup in Athens	Light	after defeats against Uladsimir Kapytau , Belarus and Son Sang-pil
2000	16.	Olympic qualification tournament in Faenza	Light	Winner: Adam Juretzko , Germany ahead of Juha Lappalainen, Finland
2000	5.	Olympic qualification tournament in Clermont-Ferrand	Light	Winner: Ryszard Wolny , Poland ahead of Adam Juretzko
2000	6th	Olympic qualification tournament in Tashkent	Light	Winner: Islam Duguschiew , Azerbaijan ahead of Mahmut Altay, Turkey
2000	8th.	Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Colorado Springs	Light	Winner: Mohammad Reza Babulfath , Sweden ahead of Ryszard Wolny
2000	1.	Asian Cup in Seoul	Light	before Hadie Zeinvand, Iran and Zhang Xiling, China
2000	silver	OS in Sydney	Light	after defeating Ruslan Bikryakov, Uzbekistan, defeating Heath Sims, Canada, defeating Alexei Gluschkow, Russia and defeating Filiberto Ascuy Aguilera, Cuba
2001	11.	"Wladiyslaw Pytlasinski Memorial in Wrocław	Light
2001	1.	East Asia Games in Osaka	Light	in front of Choi Duk-hoon, South Korea and Saiyi Njiya, China
2001	13.	World Cup in Patras	Light	after losing to Moises Sanchez Parra, Spain and defeating Endrix Arteaga, Venezuela
2002	18th	World Cup in Moscow	Welter	after a win over Daniel Schnyder, Switzerland and a defeat against Wladimir Schazkich, Ukraine
2002	5.	Asia Games in Pusan	Welter	Winner: Kim Jin-soo, South Korea ahead of Parviz Zaidvand, Iran
2002	1.	"Kurt Angle" classics in New Orleans	Welter	before Thomas Dantzler, USA
2003	3.	"Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs	Welter	behind Filiberto Ascuy Aguilera and Mohammad Reza Babulfath
2003	10.	World Cup in Créteil	Welter	after victories over Michael Jaworski, Poland and Artur Stankevic, Lithuania and a defeat against Marko Yli-Hannuksela , Finland
2004	4th	"Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs	Welter	behind Darryl Christian and Thomas Dantzler, both USA and Mark Overgaard Madsen , Denmark
2004	4th	Asian Championship in Alma-Ata	Welter	behind Aleksandr Doxturishvili , Uzbekistan, Daniel Chalimow, Kazakhstan and Choi Duk-soon
2004	4th	Hungarian Grand Prix in Szombathely	Welter	behind Andras Horvath and Csaba Hirbik, both Hungarians and Mark Overgaard Madsen
2004	6th	German Grand Prix in Dortmund	Welter	Winner: Adam Juretzko ahead of Mark Overgaard Madsen
2004	16.	OS in Athens	Welter	after defeats to Daniar Kobonow, Kyrgyzstan and Marko Yli-Hannuksela

Japanese championships

year	space	Weight class	Results
1997	1.	Light
1998	1.	Light
1999	1.	Light
2000	1.	Light
2001	1.	Light	in front of Masanori Oi
2002	1.	Welter	before Taichi Suga, Atsushi Kano and Tsukasa Tsuramaki
2003	2.	Welter	behind Taichi Suga
2004	3.	Welter	behind Tsukasa Tsuramaki and Taichi Suga

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
• Lightweight, until 2001 up to 69 kg, welter weight since 2002 up to 74 kg

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Foeldeak Wrestling Database website
• Website "www-japan-wrestling.org"

Web links

• Katsuhiko Nagata in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )