Yushu Kitano

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Yushu Kitano
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Sport
SportFreestyle wrestling
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1952 Helsinki 52 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1954 Tokyo 52 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 1954 Manila 52 kg

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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Yushu Kitano". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  2. ^ a b "北野祐秀氏死去(五輪レスリング銀メダリスト)" [Kitano Yūshū dies (Silver medalist for Olympic wrestling)] (in Japanese). Jiji Press. 1 April 2016. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Kitano, Yushu (JPN)". Leipzig University. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016.