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Osamu Watanabe

1940 - 2022

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Osamu Watanabe (渡辺 長武, Watanabe Osamu; October 21, 1940 – October 1, 2022) was a Japanese freestyle wrestler. In 1962, he debuted internationally and was the reigning world champion, when he capped off his career with a gold medal for Japan in freestyle wrestling at the 1964 Olympics, retiring from competition shortly afterwards as the only undefeated Olympic champion to date at 189–0. He is considered one of the best wrestlers in Olympic history. In the early 2000s Watanabe resumed competing internationally in the masters category. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Osamu Watanabe is the 150th most popular wrestler (down from 108th in 2019), the 1,269th most popular biography from Japan and the 8th most popular Japanese Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Osamu Watanabe ranks 150 out of 1,027. Before him are Alberto Del Rio, Voldemar Väli, Tevfik Kış, Stan Hansen, Kurt Angle, and Bobo Brazil. After him are Becky Lynch, Shozo Sasahara, Alfred Asikainen, Paige, Rusev, and Matt Bloom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Osamu Watanabe ranks 357. Before him are Bill Medley, Michael Ruse, Władysław Komar, Ignacio Milam Tang, Jerzy Kulej, and Jozef Štibrányi. After him are Warren Cole, Donald Wuerl, Werner Krämer, Bohdan Paczyński, Jean-Paul Proust, and Don Nelson. Among people deceased in 2022, Osamu Watanabe ranks 363. Before him are George Woods, Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, Guy Lafleur, André Wilms, Louie Anderson, and Hudson Austin. After him are Yvette Mimieux, François Remetter, D. H. Peligro, Luiz of Orléans-Braganza, Julio Morales, and Mark Forest.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Osamu Watanabe ranks 1,269 out of 6,245. Before him are Unshō Ishizuka (1951), Hajime Isayama (1986), Tura Satana (1938), Kenichi Ogata (1942), Yasuharu Kurata (1963), and Masatada Ishii (1967). After him are Kono Yasui (1880), Yasuhiro Toyoda (1976), Yasuhito Endō (1980), Seigō Nakano (1886), Kenichi Serada (1973), and Atsushi Uchiyama (1959).

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Among WRESTLERS In Japan

Among wrestlers born in Japan, Osamu Watanabe ranks 8. Before him are Masahiko Kimura (1917), Isao Inokuma (1938), Giant Baba (1938), Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (1955), Yasuhiro Yamashita (1957), and Takehide Nakatani (1941). After him are Shozo Sasahara (1929), Shinobu Sekine (1943), Katsutoshi Naito (1895), Jiichiro Date (1952), Asuka (1981), and Yuji Takada (1954).

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