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and Olympic champion in

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. He also won a gold medal at the 1967 World Wrestling Championships and at the

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Olympics

Nakata competed at the

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where he received a gold medal in

, the ''flyweight'' class."1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Wrestling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on September 11, 2008)

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