Hideaki Tomiyama
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represented Japan
in wrestling
at the 1984 Olympics
in Los Angeles
, and won the gold medal in the bantamweight division.
He later coached the 2004 Athens Olympics wrestling team. He is currently the head coach of the Nihon University
wrestling team.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
in wrestling
Amateur wrestling
Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport wrestling. There are two international wrestling styles performed in the Olympic Games under the supervision of FILA : Greco-Roman and freestyle. Freestyle is possibly derived from the English Lancashire style...
at the 1984 Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, and won the gold medal in the bantamweight division.
He later coached the 2004 Athens Olympics wrestling team. He is currently the head coach of the Nihon University
Nihon University
Nihon University is the largest university in Japan. Akiyoshi Yamada, the minister of justice, founded Nihon Law School in October 1889....
wrestling team.