Yushu Kitano
Kitano (center) at the 1952 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 14 April 1930 Osaka Prefecture, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 February 2016 (aged 85) Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freestyle wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yushu Kitano (北野 祐秀, Kitano Yūshū, 14 April 1930 – 27 February 2016) was a Japanese freestyle wrestler. In his weight category of under 52 kg, he won silver medals at the 1952 Olympics, 1954 World Championships and 1954 Asian Games. In retirement he worked as a wrestling coach and in this capacity attended the 1960 Olympics. In 2016, he died of a heart attack, aged 85.