Mitsuru Sato
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is a Japanese
wrestler Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves diffe ...
and Olympic champion in
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.


Olympics

Sato competed at the
1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...
in
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where he received a gold medal in
Freestyle wrestling Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the U ...
, the ''flyweight'' class."1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Wrestling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 11 September 2008)


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* 1961 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Japan Wrestlers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Japanese male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for Japan Nippon Sport Science University alumni Olympic medalists in wrestling Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1986 Asian Games World Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Summer World University Games medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan FISU World University Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{japan-wrestling-bio-stub