Shohachi Ishii
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Competitor for  Japan
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| Men's Freestyle wrestling | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 1952 Helsinki | Bantamweight |
Shohachi Ishii (石井庄八 Ishii Shōhachi, born September 20, 1926 - January 4, 1980) is a Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling.
Olympics
Ishii competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the bantamweight class after beating Rashid Mammadbeyov of the Soviet Union.[1]
He became the first Japanese gold medalist after the World War II.
References
- ↑ "1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Wrestling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on September 3, 2008)