Takehide Nakatani

Takehide Nakatani
Takehide Nakatani (center) at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1941-07-09) 9 July 1941 (age 83)
Hiroshima, Japan
OccupationJudoka
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍68 kg, ‍–‍70 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesGold (1964)
World Champ.Bronze (1967)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo ‍–‍68 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1967 Salt Lake City ‍–‍70 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF54606
JudoInside.com5441
Updated on 24 June 2023

Takehide Nakatani (中谷 雄英, Nakatani Takehide, born 9 July 1941) is a retired judoka who won the first gold medal ever awarded in judo at the Summer Olympics as the Japanese competitor in the lightweight division (‍–‍68 kg).