Masaaki Kaneko

Masaaki Kaneko
Kaneko (center) at the 1968 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1940-07-08) July 8, 1940
Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
SportFreestyle wrestling
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City63 kg
Asian Games
1966 Bangkok63 kg
World Championships
1966 Toledo63 kg
1967 New Delhi63 kg

Masaaki Kaneko (金子正明, Kaneko Masaaki, born July 8, 1940) is a retired Japanese featherweight freestyle wrestler. Between 1966 and 1968 he won all major titles, including gold medals at two world championships, and at the 1966 Asian and 1968 Olympic Games. He was inducted in the Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2007.