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Born |
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11 March 1986 |||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Ryomo Yakult | |||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Shingo Matsumoto | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Norikatsu Saikawa (斎川 哲克 Saikawa Norikatsu?, born March 11, 1986 in ) is an amateur Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's heavyweight category. He won a silver medal for the 84 kg division at the 2010 Asian Wrestling Championships in Delhi, India, losing out to South Korea's Lee Se-Yeol. Saikawa is also a member of Ryomo Yakult Wrestling Club, and is coached and trained by former Asian Games light heavyweight champion and two-time Olympian Shingo Matsumoto.
Saikawa represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed for the men's 96 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Sweden's Jimmy Lidberg, who was able to score three points in two straight periods, leaving Saikawa without a single point.