is a Japanese

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and Olympic champion in

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Olympics

Sato competed at the

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where he received a gold medal in

, the ''flyweight'' class."1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Wrestling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 11 September 2008)

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