Harold Sakata
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| Birth name | Toshiyuki Sakata |
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| Born |
July 1, 1920 Holualoa, Hawaii, US |
| Died | July 29, 1982 (aged 62) St Francis Hospital, Honduras |
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| Ring name(s) | Tosh Togo |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Billed weight | 220 lb (100 kg; 16 st) |
| Trained by | Tsutao Higami |
| Debut | c. 1949 |
| Retired | c. 1975 |
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Men's Weightlifting | ||
Representing the  United States
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1948 London | Light-heavyweight |
Toshiyuki "Harold" Sakata (俊之・酒田?), (July 1, 1920 – July 29, 1982) was an American Olympic weightlifter, professional wrestler, and film actor. He won a silver medal for the United States at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London in weightlifting. He was also an actor, with his most famous role as the villain Oddjob in the James Bond film Goldfinger.
He was born in Holualoa, Hawaii and was of Japanese descent.
Toshiyuki Sakata (Japanese: トシユキ・サカタ) was born on July 1, 1920 in Holualoa, Hawaii. He moved to the United States mainland and began to go by the more Western name "Harold." At the age of eighteen, he weighed only 113 lb (8 st 1 lb) (51 kg) at a height of 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m). Wanting to "look as good as the other guys", he started lifting weights. He spent his early life training as a weightlifter and won a silver medal for the United States at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, lifting a total of 410 kg in the light-heavyweight division. He also did a stint as a professional wrestler under the name Tosh Togo (billed as the brother of Great Togo with a family gimmick, including karateka Masutatsu Oyama as "Mas Togo" and judoka Kokichi Endo as "Ko Togo") from the early 1950s until the early 1960s, becoming Canadian Tag Team Champion.
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