Sohsuke Takatani

Sohsuke Takatani
Personal information
NicknameTackle Prince[1]
Nationality Japan
Born (1989-04-05) 5 April 1989
Kyōtango, Kyoto, Japan
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Country Japan
SportWrestling
Weight class
86 kg (190 lb)
Event
Freestyle
ClubALSOK
Coached byMasanori Ohashi
Medal record
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2014 Tashkent74 kg
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2018 IowaTeam
Japan National Championships
Gold medal – first place2020 Tokyo92 kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Tokyo86 kg
Gold medal – first place2018 Tokyo86 kg
All-Japan Invitational Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Tokyo79 kg
Olympic Qualification Tournament
Gold medal – first place2021 Sofia86 kg
Bronze medal – third place2021 Almaty86 kg
Silver medal – second place2016 Astana74 kg
Silver medal – second place2012 Astana74 kg

Sohsuke Takatani (高谷 惣亮, Takatani Sōsuke; born 5 April 1989) is an amateur Japanese freestyle wrestler, who competes in the middleweight category (under 74 kg).[1][2]

Takatani represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but was eliminated in the qualifying round.[3]

At the 2016 Olympics he reached the quarterfinals, beating Talgat Ilyasov and Zelimkhan Khadjiev before losing to Galymzhan Userbayev.[2][4]

Takatani also competed for Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]

He competed in the 92 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sohsuke Takatani". London 2012 Olympics. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  2. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sohsuke Takatani". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Men's 74kg Freestyle Qualification". London 2012 Olympics. Archived from the original on 6 April 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013. TAKATANI Sohsuke
  4. ↑ "Sohsuke TAKATANI". Rio 2016 Olympics. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "TAKATANI Sohsuke". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022. Sohsuke TAKATANI
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