Hideaki Tomiyama (富山 英明, Tomiyama Hideaki, born November 16, 1957) represented Japan in wrestling at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, and won the gold medal in the bantamweight division.

Hideaki Tomiyama
Personal information
Full nameHideaki Tomiyama
NationalityJapanese
Born (1957-11-16) 16 November 1957 (age 67)
Ibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
OccupationRetired wrestler
Height5.25 (1.6 m) [1]
Weight126 lb (57 kg)
Sport
Country Japan
Sportwrestling
RankGold
Event1984 Olympics
Now coaching2004 Athens Olympics wrestling team
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles 57 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1978 Mexico City 57 kg
Gold medal – first place 1979 San Diego 57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Skopje 57 kg
Silver medal – second place 1982 Edmonton 57 kg
Silver medal – second place 1983 Kiev 57 kg
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 1981 Bucharest 57 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1978 Bangkok 57 kg
Gold medal – first place 1982 Delhi 57 kg

He later coached the 2004 Athens Olympics wrestling team. He is currently the head coach of the Nihon University wrestling team.

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hideaki Tomiyama". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
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