Naitō Katsutoshi
Naitō Katsutoshi ( Japanese.内藤 克 俊; * February 25, 1895 ; † September 27, 1969 ) was a Japanese wrestler and judo fighter and bronze medalist at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris in freestyle wrestling in featherweight.
Life
Katsutoshi Naito is from Hiroshima . He worked there as a judo fighter and went in 1922 to study agriculture at the Pennsylvania State University in the United States. At this university he also learned freestyle wrestling and represented Japan at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. There he won the bronze medal in the featherweight division with four wins.
After these Olympics, Katsutoshi Naito continued to work as a wrestler and judo fighter at Pennsylvania State University and then went to Brazil in 1929 . In Brazil he became the founder of the judo sport there.
International success
- 1924, bronze medal , Olympic Games in Paris , fS, featherweight (up to 61 kg) with victories over A. Foubert, Belgium , Clifford Chilcott, Canada , Sigfrid Hansson , Sweden and Edvard Huupponen, Finland and defeats against Chester Newton and Robin Reed , both United States
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- Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships, 1924
Web links
- Overview of the medal winners at the free style Olympic Games in featherweight (up to 61 kg body weight)
- Brief profile with photo of Katsutoshi Naito at Pennsylvania State University, Penn State Olympians (Engl.)
- Naitō Katsutoshi in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Chester Newton in the English language Wikipedia
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Naitō, Katsutoshi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 内藤 克 俊 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese wrestler and judo fighter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1895 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 27, 1969 |