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Kohei Hasegawa Edit Profile

長谷川 康平

amateur wrestler

Kohei Hasegawa is an amateur Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men"s featherweight category.

Education

Aoyama Gakuin University.

Career

Hasegawa represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men"s 55 kg class. He defeated Belarus" Elbek Tazhyieu in the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing out the quarterfinal match to Danish wrestler and two-time Olympian Håkan Nyblom, who was able to score four points in two straight periods, leaving Hasegawa without a single point.

Achievements

  • He won two gold medals in his division at the 2009 Asian Wrestling Championships in Pattaya, Thailand, and at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, defeating India"s Jogender Singh and pinning Kyrgyzstan"s Kanybek Zholchubekov, respectively.

Membership

Hasegawa is also a member of the wrestling team for Fukuichi Gyogyo Company Limited., and is coached and trained by Hiroshi Ohta.