Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu
Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (Japanese米 満 达 弘, Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu, * August 5, 1986 in Yamanashi Prefecture ) is a Japanese wrestler. He was London 2012 Olympic champion in free style at lightweight.
Career
Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu began as a teenager with the rings. He focuses on the free style. The 1.69 meter tall athlete who weighs about 70 kg, and starts at lightweight, is Army veteran and a member of the sports club of the self-defense forces in the Saitama Prefecture. His coach is Hiromichi Ito.
Even as a junior he won in 2005 with a 3rd place in the Lightweight his first medal at the Japanese Championship of seniors. The international career began in 2006 when he participated in the World Youth Championship in Guatemala City, but there came only to 12th place after a victory over Suren Adjan, Armenia and losing to Saeid Tavakoli from Iran. In 2008 he was a Japanese master at lightweight before Kazuki Morikawa and Kazuhiko Ikematsu first time. In the same year he also won at the Universities World Championships in Thessaloniki. That was his first major international success in the seniors.
At the Japanese Championship 2009 Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu was unable to attend because of a shoulder injury. He won this year but two more medals at international championships. First, he finished at the Asian Championships in Pattaya behind Mehdi Tahvani Kermani from Iran, who was to become his main competitors to international success in his future career, the 2nd place. Then he won a bronze medal at the World Championships in Herning / Denmark at lightweight. He defeated in this championship Shirar Hovhannisjan from Armenia and Gergö Wöller from Hungary, then lost against Rasul Dschakajew from Russia and yet triumphed over Jung Jung - ho of South Korea and Sushil Kumar from India.
2010 won Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu his second Japanese master title at lightweight. At the World Championships this year in Moscow he lost in the first round against Geandry Garzon Caballero from Cuba. Since this did not reach the final, he did not come in the consolation round, but dropped out and wound up a 23 rd. Hold harmless Something for this disappointment he could in November 2011, when he became champion at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, thereby defeating in the final battle Mehdi Taghavi Kermani.
In 2011 he was again a Japanese master before Kazuhiko Ikematsu. Also in the 2011 World Championships in Istanbul, he was in great shape. He defeated there Batzorig Buyanjav from Mongolia, Adam Sobieraj from Poland, Jabrail Hasanow from Azerbaijan and Leonid Bashan from Bulgaria, but lost in the final battle against Mehdi Taghavi Kermani and thus became vice - world champion.
In May 2012, Tastsuhiro Yonemitsu hinted at the World Cup in Baku to have his ambitions on the Olympic victory when he won this tournament before so excellent wrestlers such as Leonid Spiridonov of Kazakhstan, and Mehdi Taghavi Kermani Jabrail Hananow. At the Olympic Games in London, he then confirmed, his favorite position, because he was there with wins over Livan Lopez Azcuy, Cuba, Garcia Haislan Veranes, Canada, and Sushil Kumar Jabrail Hasanow Olympic champion.
International success
Japanese Championships
Notes
- All competitions in free style
- OS = The Olympic Games, WM = World Cup
- Light weight, weight category up to 66 kg body weight
Swell
- Journal The Ringer
- Website " Foeldeak Wrestling Database "
- Website " www.japan - wrestling.org "
- Website " www.japan - wrestling.jp "