Hugh Raymond Takahashi (born August 7, 1958) is a

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 ...

judoka is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyc ...

, coach, lecturer, and author who represented

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in wrestling at the 1976 and 1984

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, the 1982 and 1983 Wrestling World Championships, the 1978 and 1982

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, and the 1983

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. Takahashi won gold in the Flyweight division at the Commonwealth Games, and placed fourth at his second Olympic Games. He holds 16 Canadian national wrestling titles and was inducted into the Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1991. He is also ranked ''san-dan'' (third-degree black belt) in the Japanese martial art

Judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyc ...

, the son of noted Canadian judoka

Masao Takahashi Masao Takahashi (June 24, 1929 – February 14, 2020) was a Canadian judoka, author, coach, and founder of the Takahashi School of Martial Arts (Est. 1969) in Ottawa, Ontario. He was involved in judo for more than 70 years, and was ranked ''hachi ...

and June Takahashi, and the brother of fellow Olympian Phil Takahashi and Olympic coach Tina Takahashi. Takahashi is currently a

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and the head coach of the men's and women's wrestling teams at the

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. In 2005 he co-authored a book titled ''Mastering Judo'' with his parents and three siblings, and is credited with researching and writing the first draft of the book.

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Interview with TakahashiPart2
(Public History Canada on YouTube)
1983 Canadian Wrestling Championships Television Special featuring TakahashiPart 2
(49 North Wrestling on YouTube) {{DEFAULTSORT:Takahashi, Ray 1958 births Living people Canadian male judoka Olympic wrestlers for Canada Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Canadian male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Wrestlers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Martial artists from Toronto Western Mustangs players Academic staff of the University of Western Ontario Canadian sportspeople of Japanese descent Commonwealth Games gold medallists in wrestling Commonwealth Games silver medallists in wrestling Pan American Games gold medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1983 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games 20th-century Canadian sportsmen

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