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Tsutomu Hanahara

Japanese wrestler (1940–2024)

Tsutomu Hanahara

Hanahara at the 1964 Olympics

Personal information

Born

(1940-01-03)January 3, 1940
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

Died

February 5, 2024(2024-02-05) (aged 84)
Suginami, Tokyo, Japan

Height

1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)

Weight

58 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^[1]) was a Japanese wrestler who won a gold medal in the flyweight class at the 1964 Olympics.^[2] He competed at the 1958 and 1967 world championships and finished in sixth and third place, respectively.^[3]

References

^ "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. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
^ 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.
^ "Hanahara, Tsutomu (JPN)". iat.uni-leipzig.de. International Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on April 1, 2016.