Yushu Kitano (北野 祐秀, Kitano Yūshū, 14 April 1930[1] – 27 February 2016)[2] was a Japanese freestyle wrestler. In his weight category of under 52 kg, he won silver medals at the 1952 Olympics, 1954 World Championships and 1954 Asian Games.[1][3] In retirement he worked as a wrestling coach and in this capacity attended the 1960 Olympics. In 2016, he died of a heart attack, aged 85.[2]
yushu, kitano, 北野, 祐秀, kitano, yūshū, april, 1930, february, 2016, japanese, freestyle, wrestler, weight, category, under, silver, medals, 1952, olympics, 1954, world, championships, 1954, asian, games, retirement, worked, wrestling, coach, this, capacity, att. Yushu Kitano 北野 祐秀 Kitano Yushu 14 April 1930 1 27 February 2016 2 was a Japanese freestyle wrestler In his weight category of under 52 kg he won silver medals at the 1952 Olympics 1954 World Championships and 1954 Asian Games 1 3 In retirement he worked as a wrestling coach and in this capacity attended the 1960 Olympics In 2016 he died of a heart attack aged 85 2 Yushu KitanoKitano center at the 1952 OlympicsPersonal informationBorn14 April 1930Osaka Prefecture JapanDied27 February 2016 aged 85 Nishinomiya Hyogo Prefecture JapanSportSportFreestyle wrestlingMedal record Representing JapanOlympic Games1952 Helsinki 52 kgWorld Championships1954 Tokyo 52 kgAsian Games1954 Manila 52 kgReferences edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yushu Kitano a b Yushu Kitano Sports Reference Archived from the original on 23 June 2018 Retrieved 10 June 2012 a b 北野祐秀氏死去 五輪レスリング銀メダリスト Kitano Yushu dies Silver medalist for Olympic wrestling in Japanese Jiji Press 1 April 2016 Archived from the original on 20 April 2016 Kitano Yushu JPN Leipzig University Archived from the original on 6 August 2016 nbsp nbsp This article about a Japanese Olympic medalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a Japanese sport wrestler or wrestling coach is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yushu Kitano amp oldid 1217600582, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
