Sosuke Takatani

Sosuke Takatani (高谷 惣亮, Takatani Sōsuke, born April 5, 1989) is an amateur Japanese freestyle wrestler, who competes in the middleweight category (under 74 kg).[1][2]

Sosuke Takatani
Personal information
Nickname(s)Tackle Prince[1]
Nationality Japan
Born (1989-04-05) 5 April 1989
Kyōtango, Kyoto, Japan
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
ClubALSOK[1]
Coached byMasanori Ohashi[1]

Takatani represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but was eliminated in the qualifying round.[3]

At the 2016 Olympics he reached the quarterfinals, beating Talgat Ilyasov and Zelimkhan Khadjiev before losing to Galymzhan Userbayev.[2]

References

  1. "Sosuke Takatani". London 2012. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sosuke Takatani". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  3. "Men's 74kg Freestyle Qualification". London 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2013.


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