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Place of Birth: Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
About Shozo Sasahara
- Shozo Sasahara (?? ??, Sasahara Shozo, born July 28, 1929) is a retired Japanese freestyle wrestler who won a world title in 1954 and an Olympics gold medal in 1956.
- He was the flag bearer for Japan at the 1956 Games.
- During his career Sasahara won approximately 200 bouts.
- After retiring from competitions he worked as a national coach.
- His trainees included Osamu Watanabe.
- Sasahara is credited with designing "bound tennis" in 1980, which is a form of tennis played on a small-sized court.
- In 1981 he became the founding president of Japan Bound Tennis Association.
- Between 1989 and 2003 Sasahara was president of Japan Wrestling Association.
- For many years he also served as Vice-President of United World Wrestling (FILA), and was later named its Honorary Vice-president.
- In 2006 he was inducted to the FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame.
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