Takehide Nakatani

Takehide Nakatani (中谷 雄英, Nakatani Takehide, born 9 July 1941) is a retired judoka who won the first gold medal ever awarded in judo at the Summer Olympics as the Japanese competitor in the lightweight division (‍–‍68 kg).Nakatani was born in Hiroshima, Japan, into a family where all four of his brothers held a black belt in judo.[2] Nakatani worked at a division of Mitsubishi for 5 years after graduating from Meiji University.[2] He then became the head coach of the West Germany national judo team for 3 years prior to the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, coaching Olympic medalists Paul Barth and Klaus Glahn.[2] He received a Blue Ribbon Medal of Honor from the Japanese government in 2003.
HiroshimaJudokaOlympic GamesWorld Champ.1964 Tokyo‍–‍68 kgWorld Championships1967 Salt Lake Cityjudo at the Summer Olympicslightweight divisionKosoto GariMeiji UniversitySeiji Sakaguchi1964 Summer OlympicsMitsubishiWest Germany1972 Summer OlympicsMunichPaul BarthKlaus GlahnBlue Ribbon Medal of HonorPerson of Cultural MeritList of judokaList of Olympic medalists in judoSankei SportsNikkan SportsInternational Judo FederationOlympics.comOlympediaTakao KawaguchiHéctor RodríguezEzio GambaAhn Byeong-keunMarc AlexandreToshihiko KogaKenzo NakamuraGiuseppe MaddaloniLee Won-heeElnur MammadliMansur IsaevShohei OnoHidayat Heydarov