Muneji Munemura
Japanese wrestler (born 1943)
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Japan | ||
| Men's Greco-Roman wrestling | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1968 Mexico City | Lightweight |
Muneji Munemura (宗村 宗二, Munemura Muneji) (born October 1, 1943) is a Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.
Career
He finished fourth both at the 1965 and 1966 World Wrestling Championships.[1]
Munemura competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the lightweight class.[2]
References
External links
- Muneji Munemura at the International Wrestling Database
- Muneji Munemura at Olympedia
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- 1908
Enrico Porro (ITA) - 1912
Emil Väre (FIN) - 1920
Emil Väre (FIN) - 1924 Oskari Friman (FIN)
- 1928
Lajos Keresztes (HUN) - 1932
Erik Malmberg (SWE) - 1936 Lauri Koskela (FIN)
- 1948 Gustav Freij (SWE)
- 1952
Shazam Safin (URS) - 1956 Kyösti Lehtonen (FIN)
- 1960
Avtandil Koridze (URS) - 1964
Kazım Ayvaz (TUR) - 1968
Muneji Munemura (JPN) - 1972 Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS)
- 1976 Suren Nalbandyan (URS)
- 1980
Ștefan Rusu (ROM) - 1984
Vlado Lisjak (YUG) - 1988 Levon Julfalakyan (URS)
- 1992
Attila Repka (HUN) - 1996
Ryszard Wolny (POL) - 2000
Filiberto Azcuy (CUB) - 2004
Farid Mansurov (AZE) - 2008
Steeve Guénot (FRA) - 2012
Kim Hyeon-woo (KOR) - 2016
Davor Štefanek (SRB) - 2020
Mohammad Reza Geraei (IRI)
- 1908: 66.5 kg
- 1912–1928: 67.5 kg
- 1932–1936: 66 kg
- 1948–1960: 67 kg
- 1964–1968: 70 kg
- 1972–1996: 68 kg
- 2000: 69 kg
- 2004–2016: 66 kg
- 2020–present: 67 kg
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