Masatoshi Toyota, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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amateur Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler
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Place of Birth: Itano, Japan
About Masatoshi Toyota
- Masatoshi Toyota (?? ??, Toyota Masatoshi, born October 25, 1976 in Itano, Tokushima) is a retired amateur Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's featherweight category.
- He represented his nation Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and then finished eighth in the 55-kg division at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.
- Having worked as a police officer in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, Toyota also served as a member of its wrestling squad under head coach Masakazu Hijikata. Toyota qualified for the Japanese squad in the men's 55 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
- Earlier in the process, he defeated Russia's Geidar Mamedaliyev in the final match and received a berth from the second Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
- He lost his opening match 3–5 to Hungarian wrestler and eventual Olympic champion István Majoros, but wrestled his stretch to score a 10–0 technical fall over Dominican Republic's Jansel RamÃrez to close the prelim pool.
- Placing behind Majoros in the pool and tenth in the final standings, Toyota failed to advance further into the quarterfinals.
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