Tsutomu Hanahara

Tsutomu Hanahara
Hanahara at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Born(1940-01-03)January 3, 1940
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
DiedFebruary 5, 2024(2024-02-05) (aged 84)
Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
1964 Tokyo Flyweight
World Championships
1967 New Delhi 57 kg
Asian Games
1962 Jakarta 52 kg

Tsutomu Hanahara (花原 勉, Hanahara Tsutomu, January 3, 1940 – February 5, 2024) was a Japanese wrestler who won a gold medal in the flyweight class at the 1964 Olympics. He competed at the 1958 and 1967 world championships and finished in sixth and third place, respectively.

References

  1. ^ "レスリング金の花原勉さん死去 64年東京五輪グレコローマン". Tokyo Web. 6 February 2024. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tsutomu Hanahara". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  3. ^ "Hanahara, Tsutomu (JPN)". iat.uni-leipzig.de. International Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on April 1, 2016.