Takehide Nakatani

Takehide Nakatani
Takehide Nakatani (center) at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1941-07-09) 9 July 1941
Hiroshima, Japan
OccupationJudoka
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportJudo
Weight class68 kg, 70 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games (1964)
World Champ. (1967)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
1964 Tokyo68 kg
World Championships
1967 Salt Lake City70 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF54606
JudoInside.com5441
Updated on 24 June 2023

Takehide Nakatani (中谷 雄英, Nakatani Takehide; born 9 July 1941) is a retired judoka who won the first gold medal ever awarded in judo at the Summer Olympics as the Japanese competitor in the lightweight division (68 kg).