Ray Takahashi
| Personal information | |
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| Born | August 7, 1958[1] Toronto,Ontario |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1] |
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) (2012)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Country | Canada |
| Sport | |
| Rank | Sandan |
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| Updated on 3 September 2012 | |
Hugh Raymond Takahashi[2](born August 7, 1958) is awrestler,judoka,coach, lecturer, and author who representedCanadain wrestling at the 1976 and 1984Summer Olympic Games,the 1982 and 1983Wrestling World Championships,the 1978 and 1982Commonwealth Games,and the 1983Pan-American Games.Takahashi won gold in the Flyweight division at the Commonwealth Games, and placed fourth at his second Olympic Games.[1]He holds 16 Canadian national wrestling titles and was inducted into the Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1991. He is also rankedsan-dan(third-degree black belt) in the Japanese martial artJudo,the son of noted Canadian judokaMasao TakahashiandJune Takahashi,and the brother of fellow OlympianPhil Takahashiand Olympic coachTina Takahashi.[3]
Takahashi is currently aLecturerinKinesiologyand the head coach of the men's and women's wrestling teams at theUniversity of Western Ontario.[4]In 2005 he co-authored a book titledMastering Judowith his parents and three siblings, and is credited with researching and writing the first draft of the book.[5]
Publications
[edit]- Takahashi, Masao; Family (2005).Mastering Judo.Windsor, Ontario: Human Kinetics.ISBN073605099X.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abcde"Ray Takahashi Biography and Olympic Results".Sports Reference website.Archived fromthe originalon 7 December 2010.Retrieved17 August2012.
- ^"Hugh Raymond 'Ray' Takahashi".Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame.Archivedfrom the original on 2019-04-16.Retrieved2020-04-13.
- ^Takahashi, Masao; Family (2005).Mastering Judo.Windsor, Ontario: Human Kinetics. p. 213.ISBN073605099X.
- ^"Ray Takahashi".Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario webpage.Archived fromthe originalon 27 October 2012.Retrieved17 August2012.
- ^Takahashi, Masao; Family (2005).Mastering Judo.Windsor, Ontario: Human Kinetics. pp. vii.ISBN073605099X.
External links
[edit]Video
[edit]- Interview with Takahashi,Part2(Public History Canada on YouTube)
- 1983 Canadian Wrestling Championships Television Special featuring Takahashi,Part 2(49 North Wrestling on YouTube)
- 1958 births
- Living people
- Canadian male judoka
- Olympic wrestlers for Canada
- Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Canadian male sport wrestlers
- Wrestlers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Wrestlers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
- Martial artists from Toronto
- Western Mustangs players
- Academic staff of the University of Western Ontario
- Canadian sportspeople of Japanese descent
- Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling
- Pan American Games medalists in wrestling
- Wrestlers at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games