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Osamu Watanabe
Japanese freestyle wrestler From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Osamu Watanabe (渡辺 長武, Watanabe Osamu; October 21, 1940 – October 1, 2022) was a Japanese freestyle wrestler. In 1962, he debuted internationally and was the reigning world champion, when he capped off his career with a gold medal for Japan in freestyle wrestling at the 1964 Olympics, retiring from competition shortly afterwards as the only undefeated Olympic champion to date at 189–0.[2][3] He is considered one of the best wrestlers in Olympic history.[4]
In the early 2000s Watanabe resumed competing internationally in the masters category.[5] He died of a heart attack on October 1, 2022.[6]
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