Muneji Munemura
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Representing  Japan
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Munemura, Muneji (JPN)". International Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on 2020-08-14. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
- ^ "1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Wrestling" Archived 2008-09-29 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on September 2, 2008)
External links
[edit]- Muneji Munemura at the International Wrestling Database
- Muneji Munemura at Olympedia (archive)
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