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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Masashi Ohuchi, Japanese Olympic silver (1968) and bronze (1964) medal-winning weightlifter died he was , 67

Masashi Ohuchi) was a Japanese medal-winning weightlifter died he was , 67. Ohuchi won a bronze medal in weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He won two gold medals at the Asia Games in 1966 and 1970.[1] He further became the world champion in Light-Heavy lighting at a competition in the Soviet Union in 1969.[1] Later in life, Ohuchi became the Senior World Champion on four different occasions.
(September 28, 1943 - June 6, 2011)
Ohuchi was born in Kōriyama, Fukushima, Japan, on September 28, 1943.[1] Ohuchi began weightlifting as a student at Hosei University and an employee for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. He died on June 6, 2011, at the age of 67.[1]

 

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