Yoshinobu Miyake
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| Medal record | ||
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| Men's weightlifting | ||
Competitor for  Japan
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 1960 Rome | -56 kg |
| Gold | 1964 Tokyo | -60 kg |
| Gold | 1968 Mexico City | -60 kg |
| World Championships | ||
| Bronze | 1961 Vienna | -56 kg |
| Gold | 1962 Budapest | -56 kg |
| Gold | 1963 Stockholm | -60 kg |
| Gold | 1964 Tokyo | -60 kg |
| Gold | 1965 Tehran | -60 kg |
| Gold | 1966 East Berlin | -60 kg |
| Gold | 1968 Mexico City | -60 kg |
| Asian Games | ||
| Gold | 1966 Bangkok | -60 kg |
In this Japanese name, the family name is "Miyake".
Yoshinobu Miyake (三宅 義信 Miyake Yoshinobu, born November 24, 1939) is a former Japanese weightlifter and Olympic champion and a retired Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Major General.
A native of Miyagi Prefecture, he graduated from Hosei University and joined Japan Self-Defense Forces (Japan's armed forces).
He received a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.[1] He won a gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,[2] and again a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.[3]
In 1993 he was elected member of the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame.[4]
References
- ↑ "1960 Summer Olympics - Rome, Italy - Weightlifting" - databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 24, 2008).
- ↑ "1964 Summer Olympics - Tokyo, Japan - Weightlifting" - databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 24, 2008).
- ↑ "1968 Summer Olympics - Mexico City, Mexico - Weightlifting" - databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 24, 2008).
- ↑ "Weightlifting Hall of Fame". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
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