Shin'ichi Yumoto

Shin'ichi Yumoto ( Japanese 湯 元 進 一 , Yumoto Shin'ichi ; born December 4, 1984 in Wakayama , Wakayama Prefecture ) is a Japanese wrestler . He won at the Olympic Games 2012 in London , a bronze medal in free style in the bantamweight .

Career

Shin'ichi Yumoto, whose twin brother Ken'ichi is also a successful wrestler, began wrestling as a teenager in 1994. He concentrates on the free style. He first attended Takushoku University , but is now a member of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and their wrestling club in Saitama Prefecture . His trainers were or are Hajime Wakui and Hiromichi Itō. The 1.64 meter tall athlete wrestles in the bantamweight category up to 55 kg, while his brother Kenichi competes in the featherweight category (up to 60 kg).

Shin'ichi Yumoto did not make a particularly strong appearance on the wrestling mat as a junior. His first good placement in an important championship dates back to 2006, where he finished 2nd in the Japanese student championship in bantamweight behind Kōhei Hasegawa and in front of Yasuhiro Inaba . In 2007 he came in 3rd place at the Japanese championship behind Tomohiro Matsunaga and Hideki Taoka. In 2008 he won his first Japanese championship title, defeating Yasuhiro Inabe in the final.

In 2009 he was used at the World Championships in Herning / Denmark . He came there to a victory over John Pineda from Canada , but then lost to Riswan Gadschijew from Belarus . Since this did not reach the final, he was eliminated and only came in 13th place. At the Japanese championship in 2009, which took place after the world championship, he disappointed. He lost to Fumikata Morishita in the quarter-finals and therefore only came in 5th.

In 2010 Shin'ichi Yumoto was Asian champion in New Delhi ahead of Nasibulla Kurbanow from Uzbekistan , Lee Woo-joo, South Korea and Yang Kyong Il , North Korea . That was the first international championship title he won. In December 2010 he also won his second Japanese championship. He left Tomohiro Matsunage, Yasuhiro Inaba and Yasuhiro Morita behind.

In 2011 he made his second start at a world championship in Istanbul . He won there over Juri Ledenew , Ukraine , Ahmet Peker , Turkey and Bajaraagiin Naranbaatar , Mongolia , but then lost to Nicholas Simmons from the United States and ended up in 8th place.

In March 2012 he won a second place at the qualification tournament in Astana behind the Indian Amit Kumar a starting place at the Olympic Games in London . In London, he won victories over Kim Jin-cheol, South Korea and Mihran Jaburjan , Armenia , then lost to Vladimer Khinchegashvili from Georgia , but won an Olympic bronze medal with a victory in the consolation round over former world champion Radoslaw Velikow from Bulgaria .

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2007	1.	Dan Kolow-Nikola Petrow Memorial in Sofia	Bantam	before Labasan Askerbijew, Russia and Siawusch Navkonow, Tajikistan
2009	3.	Dan Kolow-Nikola Petrow Memorial in Varna	Bantam	behind Yasuhiro Inaba , Japan and John Pineda, Canada
2009	13.	World Cup in Herning / Denmark	Bantam	after a win over John Pineda and a loss to Risvan Gadschijew, Belarus
2010	1.	"Davd-Schultz" Memorial International in Colorado Springs	Bantam	before Kim Hyo-sub, South Korea and Danny Felix, USA
2010	1.	Asian Championship in New Delhi	Bantam	in front of Nasibulla Kurbanow, Uzbekistan , Lee Woo-joo, South Korea and Yang Kyong Il , North Korea
2010	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Bantam	before Nariman Israpilow , Russia and Bessarion Gotschaschwili , Georgia
2011	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	Bantam	behind Jamal Otarsultanow and Alexander Bogomojew, both Russia
2011	8th.	World Cup in Istanbul	Bantam	after victories over Juri Ledenew , Ukraine , Ahmet Peker , Turkey and Bajaraagiin Naranbaatar , Mongolia and a defeat against Nicholas Simmons , USA
2012	2.	Olympic qualification tournament in Astana	Bantam	behind Amit Kumar, India , in front of Damdinbadsaryn Tsogtbaatar , Mongolia and Hong Xiaobin, China
2012	bronze	OS in London	Bantam	after victories over Kim Jin-cheol , South Korea and Mihran Jaburjan , Armenia , a defeat against Wladimer Chintschegashwili , Georgia and a victory over Radoslaw Velikow , Bulgaria

Japanese championships

year	space	Weight class	Results
2007	3.	Bantam	behind Tomohiro Matsunaga and Hideki Taoka
2008	1.	Bantam	before Yasuhiro Inaba , Yasuhiro Morita and Seshito Shimizu
2009	5.	Bantam	behind Yasuhoro Inaba, Hideki Taoka, Fumikatsu Marishita and Kazuhito Tomioka
2010	1.	Bantam	before Tomohiro Matsunaga, Yasuhiro Inaba and Yasuhiro Morita
2011	1.	Bantam	before Yasuhiro Inaba, Yasuhiro Morita and Tomihiro Matsunaga

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
• Bantam weight, weight class up to 55 kg body weight

swell

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

Web links

• Shin'ichi Yumoto in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )