Yojiro Uetake

Yojiro Uetake
Personal information
Nationality Japan
Born (1943-01-12) January 12, 1943 (age 81)
Ora, Japan
Sport
CountryJapan
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle and Folkstyle
College teamOklahoma State
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo 57 kg
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City 57 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Oklahoma State Cowboys
NCAA Division I Championships
Gold medal – first place 1964 Ithaca 130 lb
Gold medal – first place 1965 Laramie 130 lb
Gold medal – first place 1966 Ames 130 lb

Yojiro Uetake (上武 洋次郎, Uetake Yōjirō, born January 12, 1943) is a Japanese wrestler and two-time Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling. He went undefeated for the entirety of his college career, winning three consecutive NCAA Championships. Uetake was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma as a Distinguished Member in 1980.[1] In 2005, he was inducted into the FILA Hall of Fame.[2] He was inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.[3]

  1. ^ Yojiro Uetake Obata. National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  2. ^ "Kevin Jackson, Yojiro Uetake among 11 inducted into FILA Wrestling Hall of Fame". TheMat.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-06.
  3. ^ "THE GREATEST EVER: Japanese import Uetake honored by Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame". The Oklahoman. Retrieved 2019-09-22.