Shin'ichi Yumoto

Shinichi Yumoto
Personal information
Native name	湯元進一
Nationality	Japan
Born	4 December 1984 (age 40); Wakayama, Japan
Height	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Wrestling
Weight class	55 kg
Event	Freestyle
Club	Wrestling Club of Defense Forces;Saitama
Coached by	Hironichi Ito
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	(2012)
World finals	8th(2011)
Regional finals	(2010)
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing Japan
Olympic Games
Asian Championships
Golgen Grand Prix Ivan Yrygin

Shin'ichi Yumoto (湯元進一, Yumoto Shin'ichi) (born 4 December 1984 in Wakayama) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler.^[2] He competed in the 2009 World Wrestling Championships, reaching the round of 16. He competed in the 2011 World Wrestling Championships, reaching the quarterfinals. He competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal.^[3] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he lost to Vladimer Khinchegashvili in the semi-final.^[4] In the repechage, he defeated Radoslav Velikov in his bronze medal match.^[4]

Yumoto's twin brother Kenichi is also an Olympic medal winner in wrestling.^[5]

References

^ "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
^ "Shinichi Yumoto". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
^ "Men's 55kg Freestyle Bronze Medal". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Freestyle 55 kg results - Wrestling - London 2012 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
^ "Shinichi Yumoto Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2015.