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Shinichi Yumoto

Shin'ichi Yumoto
Personal information
Native name 湯元進一
Nationality Japanese
Born (1984-12-04) 4 December 1984 (age 32)
Wakayama, Japan
Height 164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country Japan
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Freestyle
Updated on 10 August 2012.

Shin'ichi Yumoto (湯元進一, Yumoto Shin'ichi) (born 4 December 1984 in Wakayama) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. 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. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he lost to Vladimer Khinchegashvili in the semi-final. In the repechage, he defeated Radoslav Velikov in his bronze medal match.

Yumoto's twin brother Kenichi is also an Olympic medal winner in wrestling.


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