Ken'ichi Yumoto
Ken'ichi Yumoto ( Japanese 湯 元 健 一 , Yumoto Ken'ichi ; born December 4, 1984 in Wakayama , Wakayama Prefecture ) is a Japanese wrestler . He won a bronze free style featherweight medal at the 2008 Olympics .
Career
Ken'ichi Yumoto began wrestling with his twin brother Shin'ichi Yumoto at the Wakayama Kogyo Sports Club , with both focusing on free style. The coach there was Takumi Adachi. Due to his success in the national youth field, Ken'ichi Yumoto joined the Japanese national team of freestyle wrestlers at the age of 20. His trainers were or are there Masakazu Hijikata, Yu Sugiyama u. Takahira Wada. At the same time he also started studying at Nippon Sport Science University and has been working for its sports club ever since. In the meantime he is also a trainer at this university.
His international wrestling career began in 2001. He started at the Asian Junior Championship (Juniors) in Tehran and came 4th in the bantamweight division.
In 2002, Ken'ichi Yumoto took 1st place in the national school featherweight championship. In 2004 he won his first medal with a 3rd place at the Japanese championship for seniors. In the semifinals he had to admit defeat to Takafumi Kojima. In 2004 he started again at the Asian Junior Championship (Juniors) and won the bronze medal in featherweight behind Mohammed Reza Ashouri from Iran and Talgat Saischenow from Kazakhstan .
After Kenji Inoue , the medalist of the 2004 Featherweight Olympics, had resigned at the beginning of 2005 , Ken'ichi Yumoto got the chance to determine the starter for the 2005 World Cup in an elimination match in Tokyo against Noriyuki Takatsuka . He won this fight and therefore started at the Featherweight World Championship in Budapest . Of course, he still had to learn the hard way, because with a defeat against Yandro Quintana from Cuba , a victory over Tevfik Odabasi from Turkey and a defeat against Ojuunbilegiin Pürewbaatar from Mongolia , he only came in 13th place.
In December 2005 he succeeded with a victory over Noriyuki Takatsuka for the first time to become Japanese champion in the senior featherweight division. In June 2006 he lost to Takatsuka when it came to who should represent Japan at the 2006 World Cup and in January 2007 Ken'ichi Yumoto won the Japanese championship of 2006 (!) Over Kenji Inoue , who had made a comeback , on points and became Japanese champion for the second time. At the 2007 World Cup in Baku , he lost his first fight against Samat Shapukow from Kazakhstan , with which he was eliminated and only finished 22nd.
In December 2007, Ken'ichi Yumoto lost in the final of the Japanese featherweight championship against his rival Noriyuki Takatsuka, which his chances of participating in the Olympics in Beijing were not the best. However, Takatsuka only finished 13th in the featherweight division at the first Olympic qualifying tournament in Martigny / Switzerland . Ken'ichi Yumoto was therefore sent to the start at the second Olympic qualification tournament in Warsaw in 2008 . At this tournament the big international breakthrough came for him, because he won there over Gandsorigiin Mandachnaran from Mongolia , George Bucur from Romania , Andrei Perpeliță from Moldova , Jo Tong Hyok from North Korea and others. Kim Jong-dae from South Korea took 1st place and won the right to start for Japan at the Beijing Games. Before he could start there, however, he had to compete against Noriyuki Takatsuka in the official Japanese Olympic elimination in Tokyo on June 25, 2008 . He won this fight and with it the Japanese starting place in Beijing.
Ken'ichi Yumoto was able to convince in Beijing. He won there over Vitali Korjakin from Tajikistan a . Yogeshwar Dutt from India , but lost in the semifinals to Vasyl Fedoryschyn from Ukraine . But he won an Olympic bronze medal with a victory over Basar Basargurujew from Kyrgyzstan .
His first start after the 2008 Olympic Games was in August 2009 at the National Sports Festival in Niigata . He won there featherweight with a victory in the final over Keiji Matsumoto from Nagasaki . In December 2009 he reached the Japanese featherweight championships behind Hiroyuki Oda and Noriyuki Takatsuka only 3rd place. For this reason, he was not used at the 2009 international championships. In December 2010 he was again Japanese champion before Niriyuki Takatsuka and Oda Hiroyuki. He was then also used at the World Cup this year in Istanbul , where he fought with victories over Vladimir Dubow, Bulgaria and Wassyl Fedoryschyn , Ukraine, a defeat against Bessik Kuduchow , Russia and victories over Wilfredo Henriquez Hernandez, Venezuela and Didier Païs , France , a world championship bronze medal .
In April 2012, he defeated the Japanese champion from 2011 Shogo Maeda in the Japanese Olympic elimination and thus secured the starting place at the Olympic Games in London . In London he won over Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez, Cuba , then lost to Toğrul Əsgərov from Azerbaijan and, since he was Olympic champion , was able to continue in the consolation round. In this he first defeated Tim Schleicher from Germany , but lost the fight for an Olympic bronze medal against Scott Coleman from the United States and came in 5th place.
International success
year | space | competition | Weight class | |
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2001 | 4th | Asian Junior Championship (Juniors) in Tehran | Bantam | behind S. Dahia, India , U. Akinbai, Kyrgyzstan u. Kim Chung-il, South Korea |
2004 | 3. | Asian Junior Championship (Juniors) in Almaty | feather | behind Mohammed Reza Ashouri, Iran a . Talgat Saischenow, Kazakhstan |
2005 | 9. | "Yasar Dogu" memorial in Ankara | feather | after losing to Eldar Misimov, Russia |
2005 | 9. | "Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs | feather | after a point victory over Jesse Brock, USA a . one loss to Josh Moore, USA |
2005 | 13. | World Cup in Budapest | feather | after a defeat against Yandro Quintana , Cuba , a victory over Tevfik Odabasi , Turkey a . a loss to Ojuunbilegiin Pürewbaatar , Mongolia |
2006 | 9. | "Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs | feather | with a victory over Drew Headler, USA a. Loss to Mike Zadick , USA a. Wagif Kasiev, Russia |
2007 | 9. | "Yasar Dogu" memorial in Ankara | feather | Winner: Cetin Ersin, Turkey, ahead of Selimchan Chusseinow , Russia a. Kenji Inoue , Japan |
2007 | 22nd | World Cup in Baku | feather | after losing to Samat Shapukov, Kazakhstan |
2008 | 1. | Olympic qualification tournament in Warsaw | feather | with victories over Gandsorigiin Mandachnaran , Mongolia , George Bucur , Romania , Andrei Perpeliță, Moldova , Jo Ton Hyok, North Korea and others. Kim Jong-dae , South Korea |
2008 | bronze | OS in Beijing | feather | with victories over Vitali Korjakin, Tajikistan a . Yogeshwar Dutt, India , a defeat against Wassyl Fedoryschyn , Ukraine a . a victory over Bazaar Basargurujew , Kyrgyzstan |
2010 | 5. | Dave Schultz Memorial International in Colorado Springs | feather | behind Mike Zadick, Magomed Kuranalijew and Gsdschi Abdullajew, both Russia and Nat Gillik , USA |
2011 | 7th | "Ivan Yarigin" Memorial in Krasnoyarsk | feather | after victories over Shawn Bunch , USA and Noriyuki Takatsuka, Japan and a defeat against Ahmed Tschakajew, Russia |
2011 | 3. | World Cup in Istanbul | feather | after victories over Vladimir Dubow, Bulgaria and Wassyl Fedoryschyn, a defeat against Bessik Kuduchow , Russia and victories over Wilfredo Henriquez Hernandez, Venezuela and Didier Païs , France |
2012 | 2. | World Cup in Baku | feather | behind Scott Coleman , USA, ahead of Haji Aliyev , Azerbaijan and Alexander Bogomojew, Russia |
2012 | 5. | OS in London | feather | after a win over Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez , Cuba, a loss to Toğrul Əsgərov , Azerbaijan, a win over Tim Schleicher , Germany and a loss to Scott Coleman |
National successes
year | space | competition | Weight class | Result |
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2002 | 1. | Japan. School championship | feather | |
2004 | 3. | Japan. championship | feather | after losing to Takafumi Kojima in the semifinals |
2005 | 1. | Japan. World Cup elimination | feather | with a win over Noriyuki Takatsuka |
2005 | 1. | Japan. championship | feather | with a win in the final over Noriyuki Takatsuka |
2006 | 1. | Nation. Sports festival | feather | u. a. with a semi-final victory against Tomohiro Matsunaga |
2006 | 2. | Japan. World Cup elimination | feather | after losing to Noriyuki Takatsuka |
2006 | 1. | Japan. Universities-mostly. | feather | with a win in the final over Noriyuki Takatsuka |
2006 | 1. | Japan. championship | feather | with a point win in the final over Kenji Inoue (2-0 rounds, 8-0 technical points) |
2007 | 2. | Japan. championship | feather | after losing to Noriyuki Takatsuka |
2008 | 1. | Japan. Olympic elimination | feather | with a win over Noriyuki Takatsuka |
2009 | 1. | Nation. Sports festival in Niigata | feather | with a win in the final over Keji Matsumoto, Nagasaki |
2009 | 3. | Japan. championship | feather | behind Hiroyuki Oda and Noriyuki Takatsuka |
2010 | 1. | Japan. championship | feather | before Noriyuki Takatsuka and Oda Hiroyuki |
2012 | 1. | Japan. Olympic elimination | feather | before Shogo Maeda |
Explanations
- all free style competitions
- OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
- Feather weight, weight class up to 60 kg body weight
swell
- Trade journal Der Ringer
- Website of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig
- Japanese Wrestling Association website
Web links
- Profile of Ken'ichi Yumoto at the Institute of Applied Exercise Science
- Ken'ichi Yumoto in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Yumoto, Ken'ichi |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 湯 元 健 一 (Japanese) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese wrestler |
DATE OF BIRTH | 4th December 1984 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wakayama , Wakayama Prefecture |