Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu
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is a Japanese wrestler. He won a gold medal at the
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in London, beating
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of India in the first two rounds of the three-round finals of the 66 kg Men's Freestyle Wrestling. Yonemitsu is a second lieutenant in the
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'' ** Wrestling Special Award (2009)


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* * * * Living people 1986 births Martial artists from Yamanashi Prefecture Japanese male sport wrestlers Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel Olympic wrestlers for Japan Olympic gold medalists for Japan Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in wrestling Olympic medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon World Wrestling Championships medalists Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-wrestling-bio-stub